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VI PREFACE. 

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" An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of 
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PREFACE. Vll 

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CONTENTS. 

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PART I., VOL. I. 

Rheumatism , i 

Gout 5 

PART II., VOL. I. 

Piles (Hemorrhoids) 25 

PART III., VOL. I. 

Common Diseases of the Feet 49 

Corns 49 

Chilblains and Frostbites .61 

Bunions 75 

Inverted or Ingrowing Toe Nails . . . .80 

PART IV., VOL. I. 

Worms 95 

Pinworms 114 

The Tapeworms 122 

Worms in Horses 142 

Bots 143 

Worms 145 

PART V., VOL. I. 

Felons or Whitlow 149 



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PAGE 

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Baldness. Hair Falling Out, etc 159 

The Human Hair 159 

Entire Baldness 171 



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PART L VOL. L 



RHEUMATISM. 

If you have it, or ever have had it and re- 
covered from it, and which sometimes is liable 
to return, read every word in this part of the 
book before you stop, and you will learn some- 
thing about it. This dreadful disease affects the 
neck, back, hips, joints, sinews, nerves, muscles, 
arteries, blood, etc., and no doubt it is a pro- 
moting cause of heart-disease. It will plainly 
tell you how to cure or avoid it. This first part 
of this volume treats on all the different kinds of 
Rheumatism, which appear mostly in two forms. 
First, Acute or Inflammatory, and second, a 
series of ailments, known as the Chronic Stage, 
but are popularly called by the following differ- 



2 RHEUMATISM. 

ent names, such as Sciatic Rheumatism or Sci- 
atica, Gout Rheumatism, Acute Rheumatism, 
Dropsical Rheumatism, Muscular Rheumatism, 
Rheumatic Neuralgia, Articular Rheumatism, 
Flying Rheumatism, Rheumatic Lumbago, etc., 
giving a plain description of the symptoms, 
causes, preventions, and a large number of the 
best external and internal treatments for their 
permanent cure. 

Rheumatism is generally started by a sudden 
change or changes in the system, and occurs at 
all times of the year, but is more common in the 
spring and fall than any other time. It attacks 
all ages of both sexes. But men are more 
troubled with it than women, owing to their be- 
ing more exposed. For instance, in the spring 
a man will take off part or all of his heavy under- 
wear too soon ; or if they are not taken off, when 
he is at work and feels a little warm he will throw 
off his coat or vest, — sometimes both, — cool off 
too quickly, chill the blood, and cause a suppres- 
sion of the sweat glands of the skin, and if the 
blood is in just the right poisonous condition at 
the time, he takes cold and Rheumatism follows. 
Then late in the fall he will take or leave off the 
above said garments in the same way and go 
through the same operation again; consequently 
some men, owing to such carelessness, have it 



RHEUMATISM. 3 

more or less all the year round. In some it will 
affect the joints in such a way that the slightest 
motion gives pain. It is unquestionably, or 
claimed, a nervous, constitutional disease, at 
first having its origin in impure^ blood. The 
blood becomes vitiated through various causes, 
such as malassimilation and faulty digestive ac- 
tion, producing in some certain kinds of acids 
which, instead of being carried out of the body 
in a natural way, are held back and form this 
so-called rheumatic uric acid, which no doubt is 
generally caused by what we eat and drink, or 
our habits of living, causing biliousness, which 
produces this acid in the stomach of which the 
blood partakes, and in this way we get this acid 
into the system. It may, and often comes on 
suddenly, but you must bear in mind that it has 
been lurking there and taken months, and some- 
times years, for the blood and system to get in 
the right condition for a cold to develop it. 
Rheumatism appears mostly in two forms. 
First, Acute or Inflammatory, and second, a 
series of ailments known as chronic, but are 
popularly called by the following different 
names, such as Sciatic Rheumatism or Sciatica, 
Gout Rheumatism, Acute Rheumatism, Dropsi- 
cal Rheumatism, Muscular Rheumatism, Rheu- 
matic Neuralgia, Articular Rheumatism, Fly- 



4 RHEUMATISM. 

ing Rheumatism, and Rheumatic Lumbago. 
Symptoms of Acute or Inflammatory Rheu- 
matism first come on with a sudden languor and 
chilliness, hot and cold flashes, profuse sweat, 
more or less fever during the night, thirst, rest- 
lessness, tongue white, the bowels generally hard 
and costive, the pulse strong and full, stiffness 
of joints and muscles with more or less tender- 
ness and pain in one or more of the joints, such 
as the shoulders, elbows, wrists, fingers, hips, 
knees, ankles, toes, neck, and back; sometimes 
every bone in the whole body will ache. In 
some persons pain shifts from one part or joint 
to another, accompanied with more or less 
swelling. The parts or joints will look red and 
feel hot and sore to the touch; sometimes fingers 
and toes will be drawn out of shape in a short 
time. Pain or soreness increases toward even- 
ing and during the night, which sometimes 
affects the internal organs and structures, espe- 
cially the heart or its covering, and is then called 
Rheumatic Neuralgia, which often proves fatal. 
Chronic Rheumatism sometimes succeeds the 
Acute, although a person who has it a great 
many times is perfectly well at heart; there is 
generally no fever, but on the start pain is more 
changeable; one day it will be very severe, which 
may last for several days or weeks; then it almost 



GOUT. 5 

entirely disappears. After a time, if not prop- 
erly treated, it becomes fixed in a place or joint 
which is the most surrounded by muscles; and, 
in fact, more or less in all of the parts most re- 
quired for bodily exertion, such as the neck, 
shoulders, back, hips, loins, knees, etc., are the 
seat of the disease. When it affects the hip- 
joint it is called Sciatica or Sciatic Rheumatism, 
and when in the loins or small of the back it is 
called Lumbago. It sometimes causes deformi- 
ties by enlarging and drawing or crooking the 
hands and fingers, also the knees, ankles, and 
toes, all out of their natural shape. 



GOUT. 



Gout and Rheumatism are nearly the same 
disease. In fact they are companions or brother 
and sister to each other. 

A great many practitioners make no distinc- 
tion between them, but treat both nearly the 
same. When the disease is of a gouty nature 
the pain often is more in the smaller joints — as 
the hands and feet. The pain generally starts in 
the first joint of the great toe, although it some- 
times attacks other parts of the foot, such as the 
heel or perhaps the whole of the foot and ankle. 



6 GOUT. 

It is extremely painful and not apt to change 
about, while the other species of rheumatism, 
located in the larger joints, shifts from one place 
to another. It most generally attacks the 
healthiest-looking people, those of large, corpu- 
lent, and robust appearance — females more than 
males. It seldom appears at an earlier period of 
life than thirty-three or thirty-eight years, and 
when it does may arise from an hereditary dis- 
position or abuse of the digestive or other in- 
ternal organs, such as flatulency and indigestion, 
caused by high living, eating too often and too 
much meat and other highly seasoned foods; the 
inordinate use of hard cider, distilled and fer- 
mented liquors, and the too free use of vinegar, 
pickles, etc. It is also brought on from colds, 
close mental application, and sedentary habits. 
It occurs chiefly in the spring and the beginning 
of winter, and when supposed to be cured, re- 
turns in paroxysms. It is a very common thing 
to find chalky concretions covering the joints of 
those subject to Chronic Rheumatism and Gout. 

Cause. — Rheumatism is generally caused or 
started by exposure of some kind, such as get- 
ting the feet wet, wearing damp clothing, strains 
and sprains, sleeping in damp beds or in a damp 
room, causing a sudden creeping chill all over 



GOUT. J 

a person. Also cooling off too suddenly when 
the body is unusually warm, taking cold there- 
from, which in turn affects, if in the system, the 
calcarious matter or uric, lithic, or lactic acids. 
These in due time affect the circulation in such 
a way that it causes tiny-formed, gritty crystals 
like iron rust to be deposited wherever the 
joints, muscles, and tissues of the body are the 
weakest and mostly used, causing all of the 
Rheumatic Gout aches and pains. 

Cures. — First of all, wear flannels of some kind 
next to the skin the year round. Then, to cure 
Rheumatism in a short time, a person should 
treat it from the inside as well as the outside. 
And if very severe, or should come on suddenly, 
the first thing to do is to take a good sweat, 
which can be effected by taking a bowlful of 
strong catnip, sage, or pennyroyal tea, or a 
strong punch made out of rum and molasses, 
keeping in the house for a few days. Also clean 
out the stomach and bowels by taking a few 
doses of salts or any other good cathartic, after 
which make up, or have made up, one of the 
following formulas and take it inside, and also 
apply something on the outside as given here- 
after under the head of External Treatments, 
for I have found from long experience great ad- 



8 GOUT. 

vantages derived and quick cures made from 
outward treatments, especially of the joints 
when they are very painful and much swollen; 
and I feel most perfectly assured that no attack 
will stand any length of time before any of the 
following internal and external combination 
treatments, no matter how severe or of how 
long standing they may be. 

No. i. — A Sure Cure for All Kinds of 
Rheumatism. 

Pure Cider Brandy (Apple Whisky) . . 2 quarts 

White Mustard Seeds 2 ounces 

Flour of Sulphur 1 ounce 

Prickly-Ash-bark Tea 2 quarts 

The latter is made by steeping six ounces of 
dry, or double the amount of green, Prickly-Ash- 
bark in three quarts of hot water, for four hours; 
then strain off and mix all together in a jug, 
which keep corked and shake up well each time 
before using. 

Dose: A wineglassful three times a day, half 
an hour before each meal; and if there is very 
much pain in any of the joints use, according to 
directions, some of the " Wonder Liniment," 
for which see formula on next page, or, better. 



GOUT. 9 

try one of the external treatments for Rheuma- 
tism given hereafter on pages 17-24. 

Magical Wonder Liniment (For External Use 
Only), Good For Man or Beast. 

Mix together as follows: 

Oil of Cajeput i ounce 

Oil of Sassafras -| ounce 

Oil of Hemlock £ ounce 

Oil of Cedar •£ ounce 

Oil of Origanum \ ounce 

Oil of Rosemary 1 ounce 

Spirits of Turpentine . .\ ounce 

Tincture of Cayenne (Capsicum) . . . . \\ ounces 

Tincture of Opium 1 \ ounces 

Strong Water of Ammonia \\ ounces 

Pure Alcohol 8 ounces 

First mix the ammonia with the alcohol, then 
the oils, and lastly the tinctures. 

There is no better liniment on earth for any 
external pain than this, but it must not be taken 
into the stomach. 

No. 2. — This formula will expel the acids from 
the system and ease all pain in nine persons 
out of ten the quickest of any known remedy. 



IO GOUT. 

Mix together in a quart china pitcher as fol- 
lows: 

Bi-carbonate of Potassae . . . . .3 ounces 

Soft Water 1 pint 

And the juice of a large lemon. 

Stir the first two together until the potassium 
is all dissolved; then slowly add the lemon juice, 
and when through foaming, which will be in a 
few minutes, bottle. 

Dose: One tablespoonful in one-half a glass 
of water every three hours until pain stops or is 
all gone, then a tablespoonful or dose before 
each meal and bedtime for one week after. 
Also, if necessary, apply externally some of the 
" Wonder Liniment," as explained in the pre- 
vious formula. 

No. 3.' — Dr. Jenning's Sure Cure for Inflamma- 
tory Rheumatism. 

Salicylic Acid 1 ounce 

Water 1 quart 

First thoroughly dissolve the acid in the water, 
then by degrees stir in Bi-Carbonate of Soda, or 
best baking soda as long as it will foam or bub- 
ble, and bottle. 



GOUT. II 

Dose: One tablespoonful every hour, and take 
it for one week after the pain is all gone. 

Now if you wish to take internally any one 
of the following, No. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9 formulas, 
copy it out of this book, take it to a drug store, 
and have it put up, and take it according to di- 
rections; and if some of the treatments given 
heretofore and after do not cure your Rheuma- 
tism, there is nothing on this earth that will and 
experience will teach you that I am right. 

No. 4. — For Chronic Rheumatism. This is a 
good formula and so is the next one; both 
used with great success by Dr. John Tripp, a 
specialist on Rheumatism, from whom I ob- 
tained them. 

Tincture Colchicum 1 ounce 

Tincture Cimicifuga 4 drams 

Tincture Gelsemium 4 drams 

Sweet Spirits Niter 20 drams 

Essence Wintergreen 4 drams 

Simple Syrup 6 ounces 

Mix. 

Dose: One tablespoonful every two hours, 
and four times a day for one week after the pain 
is all gone. 



12 GOUT. 

No. 5. — For Chronic Rheumatism also. 

Wine of Colchicum (root) 2 drams 

Bi-carbonate of Potassae 5 drams 

Rochelle Salts 5 drams 

Peppermint Water 8 ounces 

Mix. 

Dose: A tablespoonful three times a day until 
the pain is all gone, then in smaller doses for one 
week afterward. 

No. 6. — Another Good Treatment. This 
formula was given to me by a country doctor 
who claimed to have had wonderful success with 
it, and since I first obtained it I have been told 
the same by several more doctors, who all have 
used it with the same good results. 

Salicylic Acid .4 ounces 

Bi-carbonate of Soda Si drams 

Nitrate of Potassium 3 drams 

Tincture Colchicum Seed 1 ounce 

Oil of Wintergreen i dram 

Sugar House Syrup * 1 gill 

Alcohol 1 gill 

Water, q. s. (sufficient quantity) 1 pint 



GOUT. 13 

First mix the salicylic acid with the water in 
a quart bottle and gradually add the bi-carbon- 
ate of soda; waiting after each addition until 
effervescence ceases before adding more. When 
all have been added and dissolved, which will re- 
quire about two hours, add the alcohol in which 
the oil of wintergreen has been previously dis- 
solved, then the tincture of colchicum seed and 
syrup; lastly the nitrate of potassium, allowing 
it to stand until the latter is dissolved. Then 
filter. - 

Dose: For an adult a dessertspoonful three 
times a day, half an hour before each meal. — Ind. 
Pharm. 



No. f. 

Saturated Tincture of Rhus Toxico- 
dendron 1 ounce 

Tincture of Aconite 4 drams 

Volatile Tincture of Guaiacum 4 drams 

' Mix. 

Dose: From thirty to forty drops every three 
or four hours; or, instead of dropping it out, take 
from one-half to three-fourths of a teaspoonful 
every three or four hours. 



14 GOUT. 

No. 8. — This formula, and the next one, are fre- 
quently used when the disease first comes on. 

Carbonate of Potassium 5 drams 

Nitrate of Potassium 5 drams 

Soft Water 16 ounces 

Mix and dissolve. 

Dose: A tablespoonful three times a day, be- 
fore each meal, and smaller doses for one week 
after the pain is all gone. 

No. 9. — This formula is probably used by the 
medical profession more frequently than any 
other one known. 

Have a druggist make up for you twelve pow- 
ders, each one to contain ten grains of Salicylate 
of Sodium. Note: After cleaning out the 
stomach and bowels with a dose of salts, take 
one of these powders every two hours until six 
powders have been taken. Then omit taking 
them for the next six hours. If, at the end of 
that time, the pain is not entirely gone, take six 
powders more, one every two hours. Generally, 
in the majority of cases, at the end of the last 
twelve hours every particle of pain will have dis- 
appeared. 



GOUT. 15 

N. B. — These last six formulas will have to be 
prepared by a druggist. 

No. 10. 

This formula I bought of an old doctor in 
Massachusetts who made it by the barrel and 
sold it by the gallon. He told me that he never 
had a case of Rheumatism in his life, no matter 
of how long standing, but what he cured with 
it, and I know myself that every ingredient in it 
is good for the disease; and people who live in 
the country can get all the barks without any 
expense and a very little trouble. 

Take of Dogwood Bark, dry; Prickly-Ash 
Berries or Bark, dry; Yellow Poplar Bark, dry; 
Wild Cherry Bark, dry; White Ash Bark, dry; 
and Spikenard, of each one-half pound (dry); 
boil in two gallons of water down to nearly one 
gallon; strain and add one gallon of Cider 
Brandy or American Gin, or, better, Old New 
England Rum, and two ounces of Flour of Sul- 
phur; keep well corked in a large jug. 

Dose: A wineglassful, three times a day, half 
an hour before each meal. 

N. B. — Shake up well before using. 



1 6 GOUT. 

No. ii.— Gum Guaiacum; For Rheumatism. 

This formula a great many times has done 
wonders, and in a very short time, after every- 
thing else had failed. Gum Guaiac, as it is com- 
monly called, is an old-time remedy, and is held 
in very high esteem by a great many doctors, 
and in addition has long been used for chronic 
Rheumatism and Gout, also for Scrofula, cer- 
tain cutaneous eruptions, and many other 
protracted diseases, dependent on a depraved or 
vitiated condition of the system; so, conse- 
quently, I deem it worthy of a place in this book. 

Take of: 

Gum Guaiacum (pulverized) -J ounce 

Good Whisky I pint 

Mix or shake up until dissolved. The dose 
is a teaspoonful three times a day, half an hour 
before each meal. 

N. B. — Also, if necessary, keep the bowels 
open or in a loose state or condition by taking, 
once in two or three days, a dose of Rochelle 
Salts, mixed with a little water, just before 
breakfast or fifteen minutes after taking the 
Guaiacum and Whisky. This can be prepared 
without very much trouble. 



GOUT. 17 

No. i. — External Treatments. 

First, once or twice a day, steam the painful 
parts or joints with cloths wrung out just 
enough so they will not drip, from very hot 
Hemlock and Pine-twig Tea, made by steeping 
a large handful or bunch of each of the extreme 
ends of the twigs or boughs of hemlock and pine 
trees in three-fourths of a large tin pail of boil- 
ing water; or, instead of the hemlock and pine 
tea, use the same amount of hot, strong Potato 
Water, with from one to three heaping table- 
spoonfuls of Saleratus, thoroughly stirred till all 
dissolved. Apply in this way: Take a large towel 
or cloth, fold it together several times, then dip 
it into either one of the above preparations and 
lay it on the affected part as hot as can be borne 
by the patient. Leave it on for at least half a 
minute. As soon as it commences to feel a little 
cool repeat the operation again. This should 
be done at least a dozen times, after which 
gently rub in several times w r ith the bare hand 
some of the " Wonder Liniment," or any 
other good liniment you have in the house. 

External Treatment No. 2. — For Rheumatism 
or Gout. 

Before retiring at night first gently rub in sev- 



1 8 GOUT. 

eral times with the bare hand some of the 
" Magical Wonder Liniment," or any other 
good liniment, after which bind on the following 
poultice, made out of salt and sweet milk in this 
way: First, heat very hot, or nearly to a boiling 
point, a pint of sweet milk; while in this hot state 
slowly by degrees stir in fine table salt until all 
is cooked or thick; then lay the whole mass be- 
tween two pieces of cotton cloth. Bind this on 
or around the affected part and leave it on all 
night. The thinner the cloth that is next to the 
skin the better. This treatment, if properly 
done, very seldom needs to be repeated more 
than once or twice to permanently cure all kinds 
of rheumatic pains; no matter if they have been 
located in a part or joint for years. 

External Treatment No. 3. 

Slice one-fourth of an inch thick six medium- 
sized, strong red onions and lay them flat, one 
layer over another, into a quart fruit jar, over 
which pour a pint of pure alcohol. Lay the 
cover or a sauce dish over the top of the jar and 
set it where the sun can shine on it for at least 
twelve hours; after which it can be sealed, air- 
tight, and used as follows: At night, before re- 
tiring, first gently rub on the diseased or affected 



GOUT. 19 

part several times, with the bare hand, some of 
the liquid out of the jar, and dry it in by the fire. 
Then take a piece of. cotton cloth, cover it with 
several thicknesses of Green Plantain Leaves, 
over which spread two or three layers or thick- 
nesses of the sliced onions from the jar, and se- 
curely bind the whole on the affected part. 
Leave on all night. When it is taken off in the 
morning rub on, and dry in by the fire, a little 
more of the liquid out of the jar. It only re- 
quires a few nights' treatment to cure old cases 
of Rheumatism of years' standing. 

N. B. — Do not use the same onions or plan- 
tain leaves but once. 

External Treatment No. 4. 

This is the original " Secret One-night Rheu- 
matism or Gout Cure." Take of Strong Cider 
Vinegar, one pint; Laudanum, two ounces; Sale- 
ratus, one large heaping tablespoonful; and a 
handful of Wheat Bran. 

First heat the vinegar in a tin pail or any suit- 
able utensil; when hot slowly stir in by degrees 
the bran until the whole mixture is fairly thick; 
then, lastly, add the laudanum, which stir in the 
same way, and use as follows: At night, before 
retiring, apply the whole in the shape of a poul- 



20 GOUT. 

tice on the affected part as hot as can be borne, 
and leave it on all night. If necessary, it can be 
used over several times by heating it again and 
adding a little more vinegar to it, otherwise it 
would be too thick and dry. 

External Treatment No. 5. 

This is one of the best for an old chronic case 
of Rheumatism in the knee joints that is known. 
Take five pieces of green, soft maple boards, 
eighteen inches long, from two to three inches 
wide, and about an inch and a half thick. At 
night before retiring slowly heat them in a stove 
oven to a point where the bare hand can scarcely 
be borne upon them. Then, before they are ap- 
plied, first rub, or have someone else rub, the 
knee with the clear " Wonder Liniment " (see 
formula on page 9), which make or have made 
up; or use any other good penetrating liniment; 
after which saturate a piece or strip of flannel 
cloth with more of the same kind of liniment 
used and pin it around the affected part, or knee; 
over the saturated flannel tie several thickness- 
es of large, green burdock leaves; or, if these 
cannot be got or obtained, in their place use two 
thicknesses of brown straw paper. Next, over 
the burdock leaves or paper, bind the hot, soft 



GOUT. 21 

maple boards evenly all around the knee. Then 
over all wrap or wind a cotton sheet, doubled 
up three or four times, as many times as it will 
go around the leg, and leave the whole on all 
night. I have cured old chronic cases of Inflam- 
matory and Sciatic Rheumatism in the hips and 
knees of from one to five years' standing, per- 
manently, in four treatments of this kind, giving 
one every other night, so it never came back or 
returned. 

External Treatment No. 6. 

Mix together or, better, evenly spread dry 
Soda or Saleratus over a piece of cotton cloth, 
from one-fourth to one-third of an inch thick, 
which first thoroughly wet by dropping equal 
parts of best Laudanum and Essence of Pepper- 
mint all over it and securely pin or bind on the 
affected part. As it becomes dry, keep it wet 
from the outside by pouring or dropping a little 
more of the same on the outside of the cloth, 
which must not be removed until well or pain is 
all gone. The M. D. that gave me this formula 
told me he had used it for all kinds of Rheuma- 
tism for over thirty years and never knew it to 
fail in a single instance. Had time and time 
again removed every particle of pain in five 



22 GOUT. 

hours, where it had existed for that number of 
years, and was harmless to use. 

External Treatment No. 7. 

Last, but not least, remember that sometimes 
a simple preparation like the following formula, 
which can be made up by anyone in the house 
in a few minutes, will cure a lame back or crick 
in the same place, a weak back and kidneys, stiff 
neck, or pain in any of the joints in one or two 
treatments, especially if done when it first starts. 
Take equal parts of kerosene oil, turpentine, and 
alcohol — say, two ounces or four tablespoonfuls 
of each. Thoroughly mix all together and use 
the same as any other external liniment. To 
cure any of the above ailments in a few treat- 
ments, first some of the above mixture should 
be rubbed in with the bare hand; then saturate 
a strip of cloth or flannel with the same or a little 
more of it and lay it over the affected part, over 
which lay a thickness or two of paper, then have 
another person gently rub a hot flatiron over 
the paper for five minutes. If you have no alco- 
hol use equal parts of kerosene oil and turpen- 
tine, either one will do wonders if used in the 
above way. 

Now, in conclusion, I will say, and also bear it 



GOUT. 23 

in mind, that in treating Rheumatism externally 
it is always better for any person, old or young, 
to first take medicine inside, if nothing more 
than a few doses of salts, before the outside is 
touched. Then outside work or applications 
will never do any harm ; and I have never known 
of any bad after-effects from any of the internal 
or external treatments given in this book; but, 
on the contrary, an improvement, after the first 
treatment. Always pick out a formula or treat- 
ment that you can make up the quickest, espe- 
cially if it is in the case of an emergency, for re- 
member that every one is good and will cure the 
disease. Only sometimes one will accomplish 
its work quicker on a certain person or individ- 
ual than on others. Therefore, if the first 
formula or treatment fails to help or does not 
cure you can make or have made up one of the 
others, and try again. For there certainly is one 
or two in this book that will cure you if there is 
any cure for you. 

Diet. — As an ounce of prevention is worth a 
pound of cure in everything, rheumatic patients 
should abstain, for at least a time, from .all ex- 
cessive eating and drinking. Some of the best 
things to eat are things made out of Indian meal 
or oatmeal, rye, and graham bread, pure milk, 
the various thin animal broths, arrowroot, well 



24 GOUT. 

boiled rice and barley, jellies, sago, starchy pud- 
dings, and oatmeal gruel are all good; also mus- 
tard or horse-radish should be taken with the 
food or on the meats. The following refreshing 
saline drinks will be beneficial: lemonade in all 
forms, warm or cold; or a tablespoonful of lemon 
juice and two teaspoonfuls of molasses stirred 
into a glass of water, one to drink at nine o'clock 
in the forenoon and one at three in the after- 
noon; or, better, drink it the first thing on aris- 
ing in the morning and the last thing before go- 
ing to bed at night. Plain water, hot or cold, is 
good; also barley w r ater, oatmeal water, sulphur 
water, and lime where the water is soft. Salt 
mackerel, corned beef, eggs, new bread, all raw 
fruit, pickles of all kinds, etc., cannot be recom- 
mended. The only way raw fruit such as apples, 
pears, etc., should be eaten is baked or in sauce 
form. Avoid drinking all kinds of wines and 
liquors while under treatment, and you will find' 
that everything given in this book for Rheuma- 
tism is beneficial. Once more allow me to say, 
Keep your feet warm, head cool, body open and 
clean; also stimulate the skin nights and morn- 
ings, by using the flesh-brush or rubbing it with 
a crash or coarse towel until you feel a warm 
glow all over the entire body. 



PART IL VOL, L 



PILES (HEMORRHOIDS). 

This second part of Volume I. treats entirely 
on Piles (Hemorrhoids), such as Blind, Bleeding, 
Protruding, Itching, Ulcerated Rectum, etc., 
giving a plain description of the different com- 
mon and chronic diseases of the rectum or lower 
bowel; also the second and third chronic dis- 
eases, which, sooner or later, originate from the 
above trouble if not cured; causing Fistula, 
Fissure, Cancers, Pruritus, Rectal Ulcers, and 
Prolapsus. Also gives the symptoms, causes, 
preventions, and a large number of the very best 
internal and external formulas for their perma- 
nent cure and removal without the knife. 

My dear reader, have you ever been troubled 
with them, or have you them at the present 
time? In either case, carefully read this part of 
the book, which treats on them. And if you 
have them it will tell you how to cure them; and 
if you never have had them it will also tell you 



26 PILES (HEMORRHOIDS). 

how to avoid them, as well as nearly all other 
diseases of the rectum or lower bowel. 

There are very few maladies in their first, sec- 
ond, or third stage more common among the 
people of the present day than this disease, and 
very few w^hich are more annoying. Piles, as 
they are called, are excrescences or tumorous 
lumps, composed of soft, spongy, and sometimes 
hard growths of various sizes and shapes, which, 
after formed, are situated either within the rec- 
tum or projecting more or less out from the ex- 
ternal verge or outside of the anus, and in their 
first stage consist of a mere enlargement or dis- 
tention of the hemorrhoidal veins, or, as com- 
monly called, blood-vessels, which, when once 
diseased, in some persons develop very slowly 
and may be of several years' growth, or com- 
ing on before they cause very much trouble, and 
are thus neglected. There are several kinds, 
called by different names. But in reality there 
are only two classes — Bleeding Piles, when 
blood is discharged; and internal or Blind Piles, 
when there is no discharge. Both are at the 
lower termination of the intestines, swelling out 
at times and causing great pain. The Internal, 
Blind, or Bleeding Piles, in which the tumors or 
swelling sacs are formed internally, and at times 
come down or burst without coming down, and 



PILES (HEMORRHOIDS). 2J 

discharge a considerable quantity of blood. 
Sometimes from one-half to a whole teacupful 
will ooze out' and come away from the bursted 
parts at one time. When they have advanced 
to this stage they are very weakening to some 
persons; and, at times, when they do not bleed 
spontaneously, or the patient goes to stool, they 
often enlarge so that they form rings or clusters 
around the internal surface, which, if not re- 
lieved by bursting and bleeding, or if the 
swellings or tumors are very large and 
sore or sensitive they irritate the neigh- 
boring parts to such an extent, causing 
many symptoms of disease; also leucorrhoeal dis- 
charges in females. External Piles of the rec- 
tum vary in appearance from mere flabby folds 
of skin to large-sized teats or tumors, which are 
often forced down at stool or when lifting, and 
are then called Protruding Piles, causing, while 
out or remaining so, severe pain, and are some- 
times returned or pushed back with difficulty. 
When internal, and the tumors or kernels do not 
come out, they are then called Blind Piles, which 
are situated from a half inch to two inches above 
the sphincter muscle of, or within, the rectum. 
In this case again the kernels or pile tumors vary 
in size from a small currant to a large cherry, and 
may be of red, dark, or light-blue color, irregular 



28 PILES (HEMORRHOIDS). 

shape, and from two to six in number; and when 
there are several of them they sometimes fill the 
rectum, causing difficult evacuations; and if the 
excrements or discharge are hard, they pass out 
under great difficulty, which often forces the 
Piles or tumorous swellings, and sometimes the 
internal coat or lining-membrane of the rectum, 
out of the anus at stool, in order to procure a 
free passage. Piles, no matter how mildly one 
has them, are annoying; and in some persons 
cause more pain, misery, and wretchedness of 
feeling than any other known disease, and should 
be made a study of at once by the persons who 
have them and cured without delay. And the 
earlier treatment is commenced the better, be- 
fore they become almost incurable — especially 
where they run into cancers, which cause death 
sooner or later. 

The symptoms generally are like some of the 
following given below: Badly constipated; more 
or less pain across the back, hips, and down the 
thighs, which is sometimes preceded by a sense 
of weight in the lower part of the abdomen 
(belly); flatulent state of the stomach and 
bowels; pimples and sometimes itching about 
the verge or opening of the anus, espe- 
cially when lying down at night, which per- 
sons call Itching Piles; on going to stool a full- 



PILES (HEMORRHOIDS). 29 

ness in the rectum, with at times terrible agony 
and burning, bearing-down pain, and general 
feeling of weakness; after stool a discharge of 
clear blood, and also pus and blood together, as 
though coming from a boil. At times the end 
of the rectum will come out and remain out for 
days, and will be very sore to the touch. Irrita- 
tion or irritability of the bladder, with a frequent 
desire to urinate or pass water, which sometimes 
scalds or burns. Numbness and vaginal trou- 
bles; female weaknesses; moisture or acrid dis- 
charge exuding, which comes from an ulcer, 
tumor, or fistula hidden in the rectum; the latter 
often originating from the first two, which is a 
small crack or tear within the tissues of the 
sphincter or closing muscle of the rectum and is 
called a fissure. Chronic Prolapsus is a weak- 
ened condition of the wall of the rectum, which 
comes out at each and every evacuation of the 
bowels, and sometimes in severe cases comes out 
from twice to a dozen times during the day, 
especially if the person is hard at work or is 
weakly or prostrated. It is generally unac- 
companied by pain, but has to be pushed back 
at once or will become inflamed and very sore or 
tender. Fistula is a false passage which some- 
times works down and opens outside, near the 
anus. 



30 PILES (HEMORRHOIDS). 

Cause. — Their immediate causes are many, but 
the common cause of Piles is relaxation and de- 
bility of the bowels, which is nearly always found 
in persons of weak, languid, and relaxed habits 
of body and a morbid condition of the circula- 
tion and nutrition of the rectum, brought on, 
more or less, from the following- troubles, such 
as constipation and a low, debilitated state of the 
bowels, causing a straining at stool in order to 
procure a passage; too severe labor or working 
too many hours; lifting beyond the strength or 
carrying very heavy weights or burdens; in fe- 
males during pregnance; pin- or seat-worms; 
violent coughing; sitting still all day on a bench 
or chair, as many persons do; also standing all 
day in nearly one place or position; horseback 
riding; tight lacing of corsets; persons leading a 
sedentary life; active purging or too frequent use 
of strong purgative liquids or pills that contain 
a large per cent, of rhubarb, aloes, etc., which do 
great mischief in the way of causing an inflam- 
mation and burning in their passage out of the 
bowels; wiping with poisonous colored paper or 
newly printed newspapers, where the ink is fresh, 
sometimes causing an irritation. But the most 
common cause of all is derangement of the di- 
gestive organs, such as the stomach, liver, and 
kidneys, brought on by half chewing or swallow- 



PILES (HEMORRHOIDS). 3 1 

ing everything whole, eating too fast and too 
much, especially of highly seasoned or indigesti- 
ble foods, which sometimes contain gritty sub- 
stances such as apple, pear, berry, or other seeds, 
small sharp pieces of bones, egg- or oyster-shells, 
and many other things that are eaten or taken 
into the stomach. These undigested sub- 
stances, in their passage out of the body, injure 
the tender membrane of the curve of the rectum 
during stool. This daily irritation from one 
thing and another grows from bad to worse until 
it causes inflammation, constipation, or an in- 
flammatory action in the lower bowel, and a di- 
minished secretion of mucus from its inner mem- 
brane, ending in Piles, etc. Any aged male or 
female is not entirely exempt from piles, in some 
form, at certain times, unless they are cranks 
about eating, drinking, and the many other im- 
mediate causes. Eat and drink to live, but do 
not live to eat and drink. Then, with a few- 
other precautions, you will never be troubled 
with them as long as you live. 

Cures. — First it is necessary, in order to effect 
a permanent cure, that the lower bowels should 
be kept regularly open with a mild cathartic, 
such as a tablespoonful or, if necessary, two of 
castor oil in a little orange juice. This taken 
occasionally before retiring will benefit an hab- 



32 PILES (HEMORRHOIDS). 

ittial pile-costiveness more effectually than any 
other known remedy; or, instead, the next best 
carthartic is as follows: Mix together equal parts 
of castor oil, molasses, and flour of sulphur — two 
or three tablespoonfuls of each; shake or stir up 
thoroughly and take a tablespoonful of this com- 
bination before retiring. One dose of this will 
generally remove that morbid state of the liver 
and stomach which causes the complaint. 

FORMULAS. 

No. i. — Internal Pile Cure. 

This makes a wonderful preparation to take 
alone; or to use in connection, if necessary, 
where they protrude badly. 

Golden-Seal (powdered) i ounce 

Flour of Sulphur i ounce 

Senna i ounce 

Cream-of-Tartar i ounce 

Jalap i ounce 

Saltpeter •£ ounce 

Mix. 

To save trouble, and for a small amount of 
money, the above six articles can be bought 
pulverized and mixed together already for use 
at any drugstore, 



PILES (HEMORRHOIDS). 33 

Dose: A teaspoonful in a little syrup or mo- 
lasses, three times a day, half an hour before each 
meal. If this amount moves the bowels too 
freely, or more than twice a day, take smaller 
doses. A great many old persons who in years 
gone by had the Piles in their worst form were 
cured by this formula and sw r ear by it to this 
day. 

No. 2. — For Protruding Piles. 

Mix together equal parts of Cream-of-Tartar 
and Flour of Sulphur, one ounce of each; and 
for a few nights before going to bed or any time 
before retiring, take from one to two teaspoon- 
fuls stirred in about three times its quantity of 
molasses. Also have made and on hand this 
preparation: 

Witch Hazel 2 ounces 

Glycerin 1 ounce 

Tannin 1 ounce 

Mix, bottle, and anoint the piles, from one to 
three times a day. This whole treatment, with a 
little precaution in the way of eating, wall cure 
the worst case in a very short time if you will 
give it a trial. 

N. B. — The parts affected should be kept very 



34 PILES (hemorrhoids). 

clean by sponging or washing them off with a 
soft cloth or lump of cotton after each move- 
ment of the bowels, for some time, even after 
entirely cured. 

No. 3. 

This is an old and infallible cure for inward 
piles where the pain comes on in the night or any 
time without any apparent cause, and also is 
equally as good for outward Piles. 

Mix, or thoroughly stir, one tablespoon, 
rounding full, of Flour of Sulphur with half a 
pint of sweet milk and drink while stirred or 
mixed, before going to bed. Also anoint the 
Piles with a little of what is left in the bottom of 
the utensil. A few nights' use will cure them. 
This is simple and perfectly harmless. Try it 
and be convinced. 

No. 4. — A Sure Cure for Bleeding Piles. 

Put from twelve to fifteen drops of distilled 
Extract of Hamamelis, Commonly called Witch 
Hazel, in a medium-sized tumbler of water. 
Stir up well and keep covered. The dose is a 
teaspoonful every two hours, and less often for 
a few days after the bleeding has entirely 



PILES (HEMORRHOIDS). 35 

stopped. Also inject or anoint the Piles or 
affected parts with the following No. 3^ Mix- 
ture, at least two or three times a day until 
cured. 

Witch Hazel 2 tablespoonfuls, or i ounce 

Soft Water 2 tablespoonfuls, or 1 ounce 

Glycerine 1 tablespoonful, or 1 dram 

Mix, bottle, and keep corked. 

This formula is a little slow, but sure. It will 
cure every case of Bleeding Piles, no matter of 
how long standing. Generally it is not neces- 
sary to use the No. 3I mixture; but it is better if 
convenient to do so. 

N. B. — Some practitioners prefer giving 
twelve or fifteen drops of the witch hazel in a 
wineglass nearly full of water every two hours. 
It is supposed to work, or cure quicker. But I 
prefer the first, which is all right, especially if you 
are obliged to be away from home. Then you 
can prepare and take it in this way. In the 
morning, mix up a tumbler full, which you can 
take to your place of business, or, if necessary, 
carry it all day about your person in a suitable- 
sized flat bottle, and once in two hours take a 
small swallow, or what would amount to a tea- 
spoonful, out of the bottle; and in a few days 



36 PILES (hemorrhoids). 

your Bleeding Piles will have disappeared. If at 
some future time they should return, the above 
treatment should be repeated if necessary, which 
rarely ever has to be the third time. 

No. 5. — Wonderful Pile Salve. 

Put or place a lump of sheep's wool on a tin 
plate and slowly burn it to ashes or cinders in a 
closed stove oven, which afterward sift through 
a piece of cheese cloth. Take equal parts of this 
wool-ash and Flour of Sulphur, one teaspoonful 
rounding full of each, and mix or stir it into equal 
parts of warm lard and mutton tallow, so it will 
be, when cold, about the consistency of a com- 
mon salve. Nights before retiring, or any time, 
anoint the Piles with it. A few times using will 
cure them, either Blind, Bleeding, or Protrud- 
ing Piles. 

N. B. — Also take a mild cathartic, as given on 
page 31, to work on the liver and stomach. 

No. 6. — For Itching Piles. 

Have prepared at a drugstore, or thoroughly 
mix, fifteen grains of Calomel and one dram of 
Tannin with one ounce of Vaseline. Nights be- 
fore retiring, first wash the itching parts with 
castile soap and warm water. Gently wipe dry 



hles (hemorrhoids). 37 

without causing an irritation, then anoint the 
anus and itching parts around it, and also work a 
little up into the rectum as far as you can with 
the end of the finger. This is claimed, by those 
who have tried it, to be one of the best reliefs 
there is for Itching Piles. 

No. 7. — For Pin-worms and Itching Piles. 

Anoint the anus and around it every night 
with clear Kerosene Oil; also work a little up 
into the rectum as far as you can with the end of 
the finger. Or, if for Pin-worms inject same 
with a small syringe. It will kill the Pin-worms 
and cure the Piles. 

No. 8. — One of the Best External or Internal 
Pile Salves that Can Be Made. 

Take a few oyster shells; wash them clean, and 
slowly burn them, either in a very hot stove 
oven or on live coals in a closed stove; carefully 
remove them and pulverize them as fine as flour 
in a mortar or on a flatiron or smooth stone; 
if on the latter use the face of a hammer. 
Then sift the amount you wish to use through 
one or two thicknesses of fine cheese-cloth. 
Take one tablespoon heaping full of this sifted 
oystershell dust, mix or rub it up with about 



3$ piles (hemorrhoids). 

three times the same quantity (one ounce) of 
fresh unsalted butter, lard, or mutton tallow. 
Either one of the three can be used, but fresh 
butter is to be preferred. Also add three or 
four small lumps of morphine, each the size of a 
pea, which would make or call for ten grains. 
When all made up keep in a tin box and anoint 
the Piles with this from one to three times a day 
— also keep the bowels in a loose or solvent state 
for a few days by taking either one of the cathar- 
tics given on page 32, or make up the following, 
which makes a fine laxative. Take equal parts 
— a heaping tablespoonful, or J ounce of each — 
Flour of Sulphur, Flour of Charcoal, Flour of 
Culver Root, or use Cream-of-Tartar in place of 
the Culver Root, stir all up well with molasses, 
keep covered, and take a teaspoonful before each 
meal until cured. 

No. 9. — Another Excellent Pile Ointment. 

This makes an excellent Pile ointment, and is 
claimed by all who have used it a never-failing 
cure. I first obtained it from Dr. John Saun- 
ders of Sturbridge, Mass., who had used it in 
his large practice with wonderful success; and 
since that time I have met a great many doctors 
who had prescribed it for Piles the same as I 



piles (hemorrhoids). 39 

have several times myself, and in every case with 
the same good and most beneficial results. It 
gives relief at once. 

Vaseline, or Pure Fresh Lard i ounce 

Powdered Nut-galls 15 grains 

Powdered Alum 15 grains 

Finest Flour of Sulphur 30 grains 

Morphine 10 grains 

Oil of Tar 15 drops 

Mix or rub up all thoroughly together and 
keep in a covered tin box. For several days, or 
until cured, bathe or wash the diseased parts 
(Piles) with castile soap and cold water after 
each operation or movement of the bowels. 
Gently wipe dry with a very soft cloth. Then 
faithfully anoint and also work or crowd some up 
the bowel (rectum) with the end of the finger. 

No. 10. — A Fine Salve for Piles and Prolapsus. 

A fine Pile salve is made by stewing out 
Grape- Vine Leaves, Jimson Leaves, and Pars- 
ley ; or, in place of the Jimson Leaves and Pars- 
ley, use Mullein and Plantain Leaves. Make in 
this way: Gather (while green) a handful of each 
of the kinds you wish to use and dry them in the 
shade. Then crumble the same amount of each 



40 piles (hemorrhoids). 

into two tablespoons, rounding full, of hot Lard 
or Mutton Tallow; make it very strong of the 
herbs; when the strength is all simmered out 
strain through a cloth, and when nearly cold stir 
in a teaspoonful of Flour of Sulphur and keep in 
a tin box. Anoint the Piles from one to three 
times a day. 

This will also cure Prolapsus, if the bowels, 
stomach, and liver are kept in a healthy condi- 
tion. 

No. ii. — A One-Night Cure for Protruding 
Piles. 

Before going to bed make a strong Red-Clo- 
ver-Blossom Tea, or instead take the same 
amount of Hops, Tansy, Catnip, Pennyroyal, or 
Wormwood. Use of whichever one you wish or 
the least trouble to procure, one large double 
handful to about half or two-thirds of a water 
pail full of very hot water. Stir up well, then add 
a teacupful of vinegar. First lay several thick- 
nesses of folded cloths over each side of the 
pail. After everything is all ready throw a 
shovelful of red-hot coals, ashes, or a hot stone 
in it and sit over the pail as long as you can, let- 
ting the steam approach the diseased parts or 
Piles. Also, in connection with the above, stir 



PILES (HEMORRHOIDS). 41 

a tablespoonful of Sulphur in half a pint of Sweet 
Milk, drink it, and in the morning the Piles will 
be cured. The above steaming process is very 
soothing and healing to the parts and gives in- 
stant relief. 

No. 12. — Dr. Wm. Evans' Famous Pile Cure. 

Take of: 

Oil of Peppermint 4 drams 

Balsam Copaiba 4 drams 

Mix and apply a little on the Piles nights and 
mornings; also at the same time you apply this 
mixture take internally ten drops of it on a little 
sugar. 

No. 13. 

This, as well as the next (No. 14), formula 
makes an astringent as well as a quick curative 
Pile ointment. 

Powdered Nut-galls 3 drams 

Powdered Opium . 3 drams 

Powdered Resin 1 dram 

Flour of Sulphur 1 dram 

Simple Cerate or Lard 1 J ounce 

Mix and apply thoroughly to the affected 
parts nights and mornings, or oftener, as pain 



42 PILES (HEMORRHOIDS). 

may require. Also keep the bowels in a loose 
condition. 



No. 14. — Lead Ointment. 

Carbonate of Lead 4 drams 

Morphine (Sulphate of) 15 grains 

Stramonium Ointment 1 ounce 

Olive Oil sufficient to make into an ointment. 

Mix, and use the same as the above (No. 12) 
formula. 

No. 15. — For Painful Piles. 

Sometimes, where the Piles have existed for 
several days and there is a great deal of inflam- 
mation and pain, cold water is of great service 
and gives instant relief. 

There is one more treatment: Take a sponge, 
or for Protruding Piles a soft towel or cloth; fold 
it together three or four times, dip it in cold 
water and apply it close to the diseased parts 
(Piles), pressing it on with a dry cloth. As it 
becomes warm re-dip it in cold water again. Do 
this twelve o<r, better, fifteen times, then apply 
any of the Pile ointments described heretofore. 
Or, take of Tincture of Arnica fifteen or twenty 



piles (hemorrhoids). 43 

drops to a teacup two-thirds full of water, which 
thoroughly mix and apply as often as necessary 
with a piece of soft old cotton or linen cloth wet 
in it. 

This treatment, from beginning to end, if only 
once faithfully tried, will remove every particle 
of pain. 

In conclusion I will say that I give these vari- 
ous formulas or cures, so that if the first one tried 
should fail, do not become discouraged, but try 
again, for I know some of the others will cer- 
tainly cure you if curable. Remember what will 
sometimes help and cure one person very quickly 
works slow on another, owing to various rea- 
sons, such as mode of living, occupation, ill- 
health, etc. But, at the same time, if you perse- 
vere long enough it will in the end certainly cure 
you. I find all persons who are troubled with 
Piles in their different stages generally want 
them relieved as quickly as possible, and also 
permanently cured. As an ounce of prevention 
is worth a pound of cure, it is a good plan for any 
person who has had or is inclined to have them 
to thoroughly cleanse or, better, wash the anus 
after each and every evacuation or movement of 
the bowels during the day, either with cold or 
lukewarm water. Use whichever agrees the 
best. Also, by all means, bathe the anus and 



44 PILES (hemorrhoids). 

private parts with cold water every night before 
retiring. This goes a long way to keep these 
parts healthy. Also where the disease (Piles) is 
inside, or inclined to be inside, inject from one to 
three pints of lukewarm water at the same time, 
or at least two or three times a week. This last 
should be resorted to in all cases where the con- 
stitution has become habituated to the disease, 
as many cases are at once relieved and a large 
percentage have been cured by the daily employ- 
ment of injections alone, of either warm or cold 
water, into the rectum before and after each 
evacuation of the bowels. An injection, after 
they have moved, is wonderfully beneficial, and 
the fuller-blooded the person is the cooler the 
water should be. As I have said before in my 
Causes (on page 30), where there is great con- 
stipation avoid all harsh, griping, purgative 
medicines by the mouth, as they are only a tem- 
porary irritant, weakening everything they come 
in contact with. Dr. William McNeal once said 
in a lecture, " Turn the stomach and liver inside 
out; disturb, exhaust, or tear into shreds the 
sensibility of the whole alimentary tract as it 
passes along out of the body, etc.," but, if neces- 
sary, use the following medicated injection in 
place of the clear water every night or every 
other night for some time. 



PILES (hemorrhoids). 45 

Warm Water i pint 

Glycerin i teaspoonful 

Loaf Sugar i teaspoonful 

Fine Salt i teaspoon, even full 

Mix. Inject and retain as long as possible. 

Also use red pepper, prepared horseradish, 
ginger, and homemade mustard on the food and 
meats. Either one of these four last-named arti- 
cles tones up the stomach, is a harmless stimu- 
lant, helps to abate the disease, and often affords 
considerable relief. 

Diet: Nearly all the food eaten should be of a 
laxative nature and consist of rye bread; entire- 
wheat or unbolted bread; sweet Indian-corn 
bread; sweet graham bread; Boston brown 
bread, full of fruit, such as raisins, baked in it; 
sweet johnny-cake; rye pudding; buckwheat 
cakes, with no grease on them, except butter, 
over which spread dry sugar, molasses, or maple 
syrup; and sweet baked beans. And two or 
three times a week, for supper, eat a bowl of 
sweetened Indian pudding, milk, and ginger- 
bread. 

All the above things are very palatable, and 
will be relished by nearly everyone, and after 
eaten a few times will be craved for. All ripe 
fruits such as apples, pears, plums, etc., should 



46 PILES (hemorrhoids). 

not be eaten in a raw state, but baked, stewed, 
or canned. Also eat potatoes, all kinds of 
broths that are not rich, and a little tender meat 
once a day. Now, my friends, if you are natu- 
rally inclined to have the Piles, once a week care- 
fully read the cause of them in this book. Read 
it over and over again until you know it by heart, 
and you will go to the grave free from them. 

N. B. — How To Use or Apply a Salve or 
Ointment: In all ordinary cases the application of 
an ointment may be made with the end of the 
finger, but if the disease has become deep-seated, 
with much soreness, pain, tenderness, and up out 
of reach of the finger, the Pile Pipe should be 
used. If the patient suffers during evacuation 
of the bowels, an application with the Pile Pipe 
should be made before and after the bowels 
move. One of the best hard-rubber Pile Pipes 
on the market is made by Dr. Kilmer & Co. of 
Binghamton, N. Y., which can be obtained at 
any drugstore or direct from the makers. 

Here are fulldirections for using a Pile Pipe: 
Remove the screw plunger from the ointment 
barrel, then place a sufficient quantity of oint- 
ment in the barrel for several applications; re- 
place the plunger, turning it sufficiently to force 
the ointment into the small perforated end of the 
pipe; when thus prepared, insert the tube of pipe 



PILES (HEMORRHOIDS). 47 

within the rectum, turn the plunger two or three 
times round or revolutions (they having a milled 
or nurled head that it may be done easily), 
thereby forcing the ointment through the per- 
forations of the pipe; then turn the pipe around 
once or twice, making a more effectual distribu- 
tion of the ointment to the parts afflicted; then 
withdraw the pipe from the rectum, when it will 
be found that the contraction of the muscles has 
effectually removed and distributed all of the 
ointment from the surface of the tube, retaining 
it where it has been deposited, the application 
being very simple for anyone to do, and free 
from all irritation and pain. From one to three 
injections or applications daily will be found 
sufficient for the desired effect. The above Pile 
Pipe is cleanly to use, very simple in its construc- 
tion, and so compact that it can be carried in 
the pocket charged or filled with any ointment 
ready for use. 



PART HI., VOL. I. 



COMMON DISEASES OF THE FEET 

This third part of Volume I. treats on com- 
mon diseases of the legs and feet, such as Hard 
and Soft Corns; sore, hard Bunions; inflamed, 
soft, or pufify Bunions; Ingrowing Toe-nails; 
Callouses; Chilblains; Frostbites, and Frozen 
Feet; or frozen parts of all kinds; also odorous 
or perspiring feet, weak ankles, swollen ankles, 
cold, clammy feet in the fall and winter; also 
hot, tired, burning feet in the spring and sum- 
mer; cramps in the calf of the leg, etc.; giving all 
the symptoms, causes, preventions, and a large 
number of the best treatments and formulas, 
easily prepared and carried out for their perma- 
nent cures. 



CORNS. 

My dear suffering feet, when your master or 
mistress reads the heading of this book, do not 

49 



50 CORNS. 

think for one moment that I am trying to sell a 
corn-cure, such as a salve, plaster, lotion, felt- 
ring, etc. Nay, nothing of the kind! But read 
me, and I will tell you how to effect a cure. Are 
you aware that only one person out of ten has 
perfect feet, or feet that are entirely free from 
disease of some kind? How many persons there 
are who go hobbling around year after year 
scarcely ever taking a minute's comfort when 
away from home, or even in it, all on account of 
their feet, or corns, as they are usually called, 
which are one of the pet evils of American civili- 
zation; and there are very few other little things 
or ailments which cause so much annoyance, and 
in some cases severe misery and actual pain, as 
corns. They consist of, or are, the production 
of a gradual thickening of the outside layer or 
scarf-skin upon different parts of the foot, caus- 
ing it to gradually form into a hard, sensitive, 
horn-like substance, undoubtedly entirely caused 
by or the result of long-continued pressure, and 
are usually found upon the skin of the toes or 
different parts of the foot, and are ordinarily the 
product of wearing too small and ill-fitting or 
badly made boots or shoes, which are too large 
in a particular place where they should be 
smaller and too small in another location or spot 
where they should be a great deal larger, which 



CORNS. 51 

causes a pressure or friction either directly upon 
the skin of some particular part of the foot or 
the rubbing together of one toe against another 
where the footwear is too large. Corns are too 
common to need any lengthy description. 

Every person who has one or more of them 
knows it without being told of it, hence I will 
briefly say there are two kinds of Corns — soft 
and hard. Essentially, they are the same, differ- 
ing only in their formation, location, and rapid- 
ity of growth; both are produced in the same 
manner, as stated heretofore. Soft Corns usu- 
ally occur or start between the toes and are 
caused by perspiring feet or excessive perspira- 
tion; this unnatural moisture which exists to 
such an extent in consequence, causes the thick- 
ened skin on the Corns between the toes to re- 
main permanently saturated, keeping them or 
a certain part thereof soft. In this wet or moist 
state they generally are more painful than those 
that are hard and located upon the toes. Corns 
on the bottom of the feet sometimes become in- 
flamed, gather, and break the same as a boil. 

Treatment and Cures. — First remove all pres- 
sure or friction by wearing stockings that do 
not draw up or contract the feet and larger, soft 
shoes or boots, also badly fitting ones. Don't 
try to wear a No. 5 shoe when a No. 8 will fit the 



52 CORNS. 

best. It is strange that persons will cripple 
themselves and suffer untold misery for years 
by wearing shoes that pinch their, feet. No one 
but a vain person will do such a foolish thing. 
Large feet and large noses are sure signs of nat- 
ural smartness and brightness, although these 
traits many times are never developed, owing to 
the lack of opportunity or the necessary means 
for bringing them into prominence. Remem- 
ber, in relieving the tender part from pressure, 
the sorest and most troublesome Corn will cease 
to give any annoyance or pain and in time finally 
disappear altogether, if only such shoes are worn 
as afford ample (not too much) room for the 
feet. If this plan is not followed out, it becomes 
absolutely necessary to resort to the next best 
plan, and that is of removing the hard growth 
outright in a harmless way. There are a dozen 
different ways for removing Corns, such as with 
liquids, salves, plasters, felt-rings, etc., but the 
following formulas are the best and surest of 
them all; and by using any one of them as 
recommended, they will disappear in a short 
time, only some will work quicker on one person 
than on another, which is owing to certain busi- 
ness occupations and kinds of shoes or footgear 
worn. 



CORNS. S3 

Cures. — First the following preparatory treat- 
ment should be precisely carried out before a 
Corn is treated by medicine, salves, etc., also be- 
fore any of the following preparations or so- 
called Corn Cures are applied. At night, be- 
fore retiring, first slowly and carefully pare or 
shave off with a sharp knife as much of 
the Corn as you can without causing it 
to bleed. If the Corn is very sore, first 
soak it in warm water for ten minutes, or, better, 
keep it well saturated with Alcohol, Spirits of 
Camphor, Tincture of Arnica, or any liniment 
which makes it easier to remove and benumbs its 
sensitiveness. This well done, especially at 
night, which is the best time, as it gives the foot 
several hours' rest, the Corn is half cured be- 
fore its final removal has been commenced. And 
if nothing more than for a few days, a piece or 
strip of cotton or linen rag is wet with Arnica 
bound and left on all night; and occasionally in 
the morning, after the stocking is drawn on the 
foot, directly over the Corn moisten it with clear 
Tincture of Arnica, it will relieve a world of mis- 
ery and pain, even if the Corn is not thereby 
cured. Then in addition, if desirable or wished, 
a simple thing can be done which, in time, will 
cause the Corn to entirely disappear without any 
inconvenience, which is to wear a piece of thin 



54 CORNS. 

felt with a hole in the center large enough to re- 
ceive the core or tender part of the Corn. The 
felt should be made fast or attached to the 
healthy skin around the corn or toe, so when 
walking it will not move from its proper place or 
position. This can be done with narrow strips 
of adhesive plaster or common sticking plaster. 
Thus, it can be seen at a glance, the Corn, be- 
ing protected from friction or pressure from 
whatever worn, in the course of time will en- 
tirely disappear. 

QUICK CURES. 

To remove a Corn in a few days or one night 
use any of the following treatments: 

No. i Formula. 

After the Corn has been prepared as stated on 
the preceding pages, wet or moisten the Corn 
with water, then rub the surface thoroughly over 
with a stick of Lunar Caustic, which can be ob- 
tained at a drugstore, after which cover 
with a piece of common sticking plaster, 
which should be a little larger than the 
Corn; and leave the same on for from 
one to two weeks, at the end of which 
time a thick scab will come off or is loosened 



CORNS. 55 

from the toe or part of the foot where the Corn 
has been located, and with which the Corn or 
core is usually brought away. Generally one 
thorough treatment ends the trouble. 

N. B. — When the lunar caustic is applied on 
the Corn, do not get or rub it on any of the 
healthy soft skin around it. Caustics, acids, and 
things of a similar nature should only be applied 
directly on the hard, thick surface commonly 
called a Corn or Callous, 

No. 2. — A Painless Destroyer. 

Buy at a drugstore : 

Tincture of Iodine I dram 

Tincture of Aconite 2 drams 

Mix together and apply with the cork on the 
Corn; a few nights' using will remove them in a 
painless way. 

No. 3. — For a Sore, Swollen, Inflamed Corn. 

Take half a teacup of strong Vinegar; crumble 
bread enough into it so that after it is thor- 
oughly mixed it will not be too thin; at night be- 
fore retiring bind some of this onto the Corn 
in the shape of a poultice, and leave it on until 



56 CORNS. 

the next or following morning. Sometimes it 
is necessary to repeat this treatment from one to 
three times more before the Corn can be picked 
or dug out. The first application takes away 
all soreness; and remember in removing the 
Corn be sure and get out the central part called 
the seed or core, for it is right under this spot 
that the greatest soreness and tenderness exists. 

No. 4. 

Take a piece the size of a quarter of a dollar 
of Lemon Skin (rind) with a little of the lemon 
pulp left on. At night, before retiring, securely 
bind or tie the meat or pulp side on the Corn so 
it cannot move, and leave this on until the next 
or following morning, when, very often the en- 
tire Corn will come off in the shape of thick, wet 
paper; and nine times out of ten, even if the Corn 
has not been previously prepared, by taking a 
little time you can take a sharp knife and remove 
the entire Corn or a considerable portion there- 
of — at least so much that the result will be not 
one particle of soreness remains or is left during 
the day. Sometimes, in very old Hard Corns, it 
may require from one to two or more treatments 
to effect a permanent cure. I can swear by this, 
as I have tried it myself on my own feet. 



corns. 57 

No. 5. 

Take a piece of common Chalk the size of a 
hickory nut; scrape or pulverize it very fine with 
the flat side of a knife or the face of a hammer; 
mix just enough Linseed Oil with it to form it 
into a thick paste, which place on a piece of cot- 
ton cloth in the shape of a lump. At night be- 
fore retiring securely bind this on the Corn and 
leave it on all night; repeat this for a few nights, 
when the corn will come off in scales or layers 
and gradually disappear. If they are indurated 
and very painful, the relief it gives in a short time 
is most grateful. For some time after its re- 
moval, during the daytime, bind on a small piece 
or strip of soft old cotton cloth saturated with 
the clear Linseed Oil. Or, instead, apply it on 
the part of the stocking directly over the Corn. 

No. 6. 

Get at a paint shop a few cents' worth of 
White Lead, at night before retiring roll up a 
lump about the size of a pigeon's egg, lay it on a 
strip^of cotton cloth, and securely bind it on the 
Corn; leave on until the next morning, when 
clean off, and during the day wear a very thin 
layer of dry cotton batting over it. If this be 
done for a few nights in succession, using a fresh 



58 CORNS. 

lump of White Lead each time, it will cure the 
worst Corn on the face of the earth, and that in 
a very short time. The first or second treat- 
ment will take every particle of soreness and in- 
flammation out of it. The Corn will gradually 
disappear, and you will never know where it 
went. This I consider the best of all corn cures. 
And it will cure a sore, calloused Bunion and 
Callouses on the bottom of the feet, as well. 

No. 7. 

At night before retiring take a large Raisin 
or Cranberry, and with a sharp knife cut or di- 
vide it in the center (middle), bind one-half on 
the Corn, which leave on until the next morning. 
Even this simple thing, done every night for a 
week or ten days, will cure or remove the worst 
kind of a Corn. 

N. B. — In all cases, for a few days after a Hard 
Corn has been removed, tie or bind a little cotton 
batting, or a thin strip of soft cotton cloth 
moistened with grease of any kind, over where 
the Corn came off or out. The object of this 
is to keep the new, tender skin from becoming 
irritated by the shoe and stocking or whatever 
worn. 

To Cure Soft or Puff Corns. — The worst Soft 



corns. 59 

Corns, which occur between the toes, can be 
cured in less than one week by simply before re- 
tiring at night, or once or twice during the day, 
wetting a narrow piece or strip of soft rag or 
small lump of cotton batting with Spirits of Tur- 
pentine, Arnica, or any good liniment, even 
Spirits of Camphor; and securely fasten or bind it 
on the Soft Corn or around the toe upon which 
the Corn is situated so it will remain there. After 
the Corn has been removed, or has disappeared, 
wash or bathe every night for some time with a 
little strong Alum-water to harden the skin. 

N. B. — The same material that is bound 
around the toe can be wet directly over the Corn 
for a day or even two, without its removal, with 
whatever medicine used. 

Callouses, also called Corns, on the bottoms 
or sides of the feet; how to cure in one treat- 
ment. — First while they are dry carefully shave 
off with a sharp knife all of the thick substance 
you can without causing it to bleed; then soak 
the foot for ten or fifteen minutes in as hot soap- 
water as you can bear, after which rinse with 
clean water and scrape off with a dull knife what 
is left of the callous; and lastly rub with the 
bare hands and wipe dry. Then take off all 
harsh pressure; or if on the bottom of the foot, 



60 CORNS. 

wear soft felt insoles, which should be prepared 
precisely in the following way: First, the shoes 
should be roomy enough to allow room for the 
insoles, which should also be large enough to fit 
the shoe in every way, to prevent shifting or 
moving under the foot when walking or moving 
about; next, exactly where the calloused or hard 
places were the largest and thickest thin the in- 
sole down, which can be easily done with a sharp 
knife by shaving or cutting off one-half (more 
or less) of the felt next to the foot. Thus it can 
be seen that this relieves the calloused place or 
places from a certain amount of pressure and 
allows of its rapid and permanent cure; also at 
the same time, if they have been sore or tender, 
it affords instant relief and freedom of the whole 
foot in standing upon or walking about. 

N. B. — A Callous, which is sometimes called 
a Corn, on the sole or bottom of the foot is usu- 
ally very difficult to cure unless the above treat- 
ment is precisely carried out, as the weight of 
the whole body causes a constant pressure upon 
it which is at once entirely overcome. Callouses 
only form on certain kinds of weakly or diseased 
feet, and persons who are naturally troubled 
with them should, after once removed or cured, 
rub or apply a little good liniment on the parts 
every night, or at least two or three times a 



CHILBLAINS AND FROSTBITES. 6l 

week, which will keep them in a healthy con- 
dition. 



CHILBLAINS AND FROSTBITES. 

Chilblains and Frostbites. — Chilblains are 
a slight inflammatory swelling of the skin. 
Frostbites are of a more serious nature. Both 
occur on different parts of the body, but princi- 
pally on the feet, and particularly on the heels 
and sides; also upon the hands, fingers, and 
sometimes on the nose, face, and lobes of the 
ears. They are produced or caused by the ac- 
tion of cold, such as exposure to sudden changes 
of temperature in severe cold weather. 

Symptoms of Chilblains and Frostbites. — In- 
flammatory swelling of the diseased parts; gener- 
ally look red or a dark, purple, lead color; ten- 
derness upon pressure; intense itching or tin- 
gling, also smarting and burning pain; lameness 
or sometimes even worse. They are accompa- 
nied by blisters, which after formed break and 
make or run into ulcerated sores in the skin be- 
low, of which sometimes thick layers will slough 
off, making a very troublesome sore to heal in 
cold weather. Some certain debilitated chil- 
dren, especially those of a scrofulous habit, and 



62 CHILBLAINS AND FROSTBITES. 

grown-up persons of a similar nature, generally 
seem to be prone to them. The first few cool 
days that come on in the fall when the least mite 
exposed to cold, they are all wizened and shriv- 
eled up. Teeth chatter, lips become colorless, 
hands and feet like cakes of ice. Then, not be- 
ing satisfied with this unnatural feebleness of cir- 
culation and general health, to help the cause 
along tight thin shoes must be worn without 
any other protection over them. In women 
tight garters; skin-tight gloves that are worse 
than none; two small straws tied with a ribbon 
(price five dollars) for a hat, to protect the great 
thinking machinery of the house in which we 
live — the head and brain (the same headdress is 
supposed to protect the ears); and last, but not 
least, the use of too tight corsets. This con- 
tinual aggravation of these parts from cold for 
a considerable length of time, and then rapidly 
warmed by holding the parts such as the hands 
or feet too near the fire after exposure to cold — 
this sudden change of temperature repeated too 
often partially destroys the life and vitality of 
the skin or parts, which prevents the proper 
flow of blood through them. Thus it can be 
seen that the most tender and sensitive parts, 
especially when exposed to cold in the aforesaid 
way, become the seat of the whole trouble. 



CHILBLAINS AND FROSTBITES. 63 

Cures. — As the common cause of Chilblains 
and Frostbites is cold and heat, resulting from a 
languid or sluggish retarded circulation, brought 
on partially from carelessness and exposure, all 
that can be done for them is to allay the inflam- 
mation and irritation by the use of external ap- 
plications, and necessarily with tonics improve 
the general health. The value of any of the fol- 
lowing treatments, which are calculated to act 
as soothers and healers, also as stimulants of the 
blood vessels of the diseased parts, and thus 
promote to health the partially destroyed mo- 
tion of stagnant blood, which gives rise to the 
distressing trouble, than by avoiding the cause 
as much as possible. Any of the formulas given 
hereafter will effect a cure if curable, and the 
more thoroughly done the quicker the cure and 
the more permanent. 

No. 1 Formula. 

Mix, or thoroughly dissolve, two heaping 
tablespoonfuls of common Baking Soda in half 
a pail of hot water, and when cool enough soak 
the foot or parts affected and leave in for fifteen 
minutes, as hot as can be borne by the patient. 
Then wipe dry and apply a little Kerosene Oil 
on the inflamed surface. This repeated every 



64 CHILBLAINS AND FROSTBITES. 

evening for a short time will cure them. Or, 
instead of using the Kerosene Oil, take Witch 
Hazel, two ounces; Glycerin, one-half ounce; 
mix, and use the same as you would the Kero- 
sene Oil. This acts quicker, and is very sooth- 
ing. 

No. 2. 

Slice a few small, clean, unwashed raw pota- 
toes with the skins on, one-fourth of an inch 
thick; spread a layer over the bottom of a small 
pan and sprinkle fine salt over them; then spread 
another layer over the first layer and sprinkle 
salt over the second layer, and so on, until three 
or four layers are in the pan. As soon as the 
liquid therefrom forms on the bottom of the pan 
apply this on the Chilblains and heat in dry by 
the fire; repeat this several times at each treat- 
ment, and from one to three nights' using will 
effect a cure. This is a very efficacious old-time 
remedy. 

No. 3. — Chilblain Lotion. 

Spirits of Camphor 1 ounce 

Liquor of Subaceate of Lead 4 ounce 

Mix, and use from one to four times a day. 
Apply the same as you would any liniment. It 
is one of the best. 



CHILBLAINS AND FROSTBITES. 65 

No. 4. — Fine Chilblain Lotion. 

Dissolve thoroughly one ounce Muriate of 
Ammonia in one-half pint of strong Cider Vine- 
gar, then add one-half pint of Alcohol. Mix, 
and apply three or four times a day; nothing 
better. 

No. 5. 

In looking over an old farm journal, I came 
across this formula for Chilblains, and seeing it 
was a good one I deem it worthy of a place in 
this book. It is or reads as follows: 

Sure Cure for Chilblains. — Concentrated solu- 
tion Chloride of Iron, two ounces. Apply 
nights before retiring, or any time. It is spoken 
of as an unfailing remedy for them, its appli- 
cation to them for a single day generally effect- 
ing a cure. It may also be used with equal ad- 
vantage for Frostbites, where the skin is not 
raw or broken. 

: No. 6. 

At night before retiring first rub on, and also 
saturate a strip of cotton cloth with, the best 
Kerosene Oil; bind it on the affected part, and 



66 CHILBLAINS AND FROSTBITES. 

hold it near a stove or in the oven for a few min- 
utes as hot as can be borne. A few treatments 
will cure the ailment. 

All the above formulas should be used before 
the skin is broken, or, in fact, in its earliest stage, 
which is when the soreness first comes on. 

No. 7. 

All Frostbites or Chilblains in their first or 
simple form can be cured in a few nights, if after 
bathing or holding the affected part in hot Mus- 
tard Water for fifteen minutes wipe dry and 
gently rub on a little clear Kerosene Oil; or any 
liniment that can be taken internally can be used 
in place of the Kerosene Oil. Also, on arising 
in the morning, before dressing the feet, apply 
a little more of whatever oil or liniment is used 
the night previous, either directly on the affected 
part, or moisten the stocking or whatever other 
material that is bound on for protection, of 
course omitting the hot Mustard Water bath. 

No. 8. — For Broken Chilblains or Frostbites. 

One of the best things in the world to do if the 
skin is badly blistered, raw, or broken, and very 
sore. 



CHILBLAINS AND FROSTBITES. 67 

Mix together: 

Witch Hazel 2 ounces 

Glycerin -| ounce 

Apply during the day. 

If obliged to walk or be on the feet, keep a 
thin layer of white cotton batting wet with it 
bound on the affected part, and also* in the be- 
ginning, if necessary, for one or two nights bind 
on a wheat-bread and milk poultice, which is 
very soothing and also draws out the inflam- 
mation. 

No. 9. 

N. B. — Frostbites or Frozen Limbs, when 
first discovered, must be kept away from the fire. 
Thus thereby will be saved a world of trouble. 
Thaw out the part very slowly by rubbing it with 
a lump or ball of snow, which if not at hand or 
quickly found use ice instead, or hold in very 
cold water. If on a part that this cannot be 
done, apply it with a soft cloth, the patient re- 
maining meanwhile in a moderately warm 
or cold room. After circulation is restored 
through the part, if cold water has been used in 
any way or shape, and heat is added, it must be 
in a very gradual manner, by pouring in now and 



68 CHILBLAINS AND FROSTBITES. 

then a very small quantity of warm water with 
the cold. The final thing that should be done 
is to apply brisk friction by rubbing the part 
gently with the bare hand. After circulation is 
restored through the part, lastly mix together 
and apply by degrees: 

Witch Hazel I ounce 

Glycerin ^ ounce 

If more convenient to get or make, mix and 
use instead: 

Spirits of Camphor I ounce 

Sweet Oil i ounce 

Or, if very severe, mix together: 

Hot Vinegar ^ pint 

Spirits of Camphor .- I ounce 

Glycerin i ounce 

And apply. 

Where there is a great deal of pain first, for a 
few hours apply a poultice made of Wheat Bran 
and Milk. The principal thing in restoring 
frostbitten or frozen parts from cold is to com- 
municate warmth or heat when it is necessary 



CHILBLAINS AND FROSTBITES. 69 

either with medicine or warm water in the most 
gradual manner. The degree of external heat 
should be in proportion to the quantity of life 
left in the body or part affected. When it has 
been destroyed by cold to such an extent that 
life is nearly extinct, w r armth imparted must be 
small and by degrees — i. e., no faster than circu- 
lation or life returns. And now, in conclusion, 
by all means after cured or any time during cold 
weather, when the parts, especially the feet, are 
exposed, wear merino or cashmere stockings, 
and large soft shoes or boots — at least have them 
roomy over the tender or affected parts. And 
if exposed to very severe winter cold, in addition 
wear cloth-lined overshoes, loosely fitting or lo- 
cated. In certain persons there seems to be a 
predisposition to Chilblains or Frostbites, and if 
the parts have once been touched by the frost, 
even enough to cause them trouble in its first 
stage, tenderness to cold is established, at least 
to a certain extent, upon the slightest provoca- 
tion; and for years after, when the parts are ex- 
posed too suddenly from cold to warm or great 
heat, are apt to become irritated. So they be- 
come inflamed, look a dark red, and are painful 
or sore to the touch. Particular care should be 
taken in regard to other parts of the body. 
Wear w r armer or extra underclothing as well as 



?0 CHILBLAINS AND FROSTBITES. 

heavier or extra outer garments. On the hands 
fur- or wool-lined gloves should be worn, and 
the same extra protection on the head and 
over the ears, regardless of style. Thousands of 
persons go to their graves years and years before 
living out their allotted time all on account of 
style, which is nothing more or less than un- 
necessary exposure or wearing summer clothing 
in winter. 

How To Cure Cold, Clammy Feet and Hot, 
Tired, Burning, or Aching Feet. — To cure dis- 
eased feet of the above said nature, which so 
many old and young persons at the present time 
are troubled with, is a very simple and easy thing 
to do, if the treatment hereafter given is faith- 
fully followed according to directions. I find 
those that are troubled with cold, clammy feet 
in the fall and winter time generally to a certain 
extent are annoyed with hot, tired, burning, ach- 
ing feet in the spring and summer. 

This harmless treatment, to a certain extent, 
toughens and hardens the feet, so that even if 
one ever has had Chilblains or Frostbites this 
will prevent their reoccurrence at some future 
time. It also cures weak and diseased sweat 
glands and prevents many other ailments of the 
feet. 



CHILBLAINS AND FROSTBITES. ?I 

CURES. 

No. i. 

Take two good-sized handfuls of the inside 
tissue of White-Oak Bark, which if gathered 
green should weigh at least two ounces. Steep 
for three hours in one and one-half pints of hot 
water, strain, and add a heaping teaspoonful of 
powdered or pulverized Alum; mix and bottle. 

Or, instead, use this, — No. 2, — which can be 
obtained at any drugstore : 

Fluid Extract of White-Oak Bark ... 1 ounce 

Tincture of Arnica 1 ounce 

Witch Hazel 8 ounces 

Mix, bottle, and use either one as follows: Be- 
fore retiring at night, first, for at least ten min- 
utes, thoroughly soak and wash the feet with 
soap and hot water. Then with a dull knife 
scrape off all loose or dead skin that is or may 
be on their different parts; or it can be rubbed 
off with the bare hands while they are in clean 
water free from soap, and also after they are par- 
tially wiped dry. If this is done thoroughly you 
will find that there is more or less dead foreign 
matter on such feet or feet of said nature; after 
which, if used warm, which is better in cold 



72 CHILBLAINS AND FROSTBITES. 

weather, pour into a small tin cup as much of the 
No. i or 2 White-Oak Bark Solution as would 
naturally be used at one time; apply it several 
times all over the feet and let it dry in near the 
fire. If either one of the above are used every 
night for one week, and every other night for a 
week or ten days more, and occasionally after- 
ward, you will never know what a diseased foot 
of the above nature is. 

N. B. — Either of these preparations can be 
used in the same manner, cold instead of warm 
if desired. 

Perspiring or Sweating of the Feet. — Exces- 
sive perspiration of the feet causes many discom- 
forts and annoyances, such as odorous or " stink- 
ing " feet, as I have heard them called so many 
thousand times. Many years ago I knew a man 
that on several occasions broke up a meeting — 
actually made a room full of healthy people so 
sick to their stomachs that nearly two-thirds of 
them left and went home all on account of his 
" stinking " feet, which is just the proper word 
to use. Some time after, this man came to me 
for medical treatment; and unbeknown to him, 
also for the sake of experiment, I entirely cured 
his feet forever after with nothing else but good 
advice, washing soap, and plain water, which I 



CHILBLAINS AND FROSTBITES. 73 

had him color with a little washing bluing that 

1 gave him, which I made him believe was to 
medicate the water he used. 

Cause. — The principal one is uncleanliness or 
neglecting to wash the feet often enough and in 
the proper manner, also to wear the right kind 
of shoes and stockings when the disease first 
makes its appearance. 

Treatment No. 2. 

The worst case of the above nature can be 
cured in a short time by simply every night be- 
fore going to bed wash the feet with soap and 
warm water. First rub them while wet with the 
bare hands, and afterward do the same thing 
with a towel while they are drying. This is to 
promote a healthy action. Then rub them all 
over with salt and water made at the strength of 
one heaping teaspoonful of salt to a teacupful of 
water, stir up well and use hot, and apply for one 
or two minutes before drying; and what is left 
keep for further use. Also the next or follow- 
ing morning sprinkle a little powdered or pul- 
verized Alum, or instead use the following " No. 

2 Absorbing Powder " all over the bottoms of 
the inside of the shoes and also on the outside of 
the stockings on the top of the feet. This treat- 



74 CHILBLAINS AND FROSTBITES. 

ment followed up every night for a week, and 
every other night for a week or ten days longer, 
will cure them if curable. 

Every person, old or young, if nothing more 
than for health's sake, ought to soak and wash 
the feet thoroughly at least once, or if employed 
in certain occupations, better twice a week w r ith 
soap and warm water, after which remove all the 
hard dead skin by rubbing or with a knife. 
Even this simple thing, that only takes a few 
minutes, will prevent any excessive perspiration, 
also in time cure many other annoyances and 
also diseases of the feet, even if nothing more is 
done. The best time to perform this duty is 
just before retiring or going to bed. 

N. B. — Persons w T ho naturally have tender 
feet, or are even inclined to a disease of the 
above nature, should never under any considera- 
tion, winter or summer, wear woolen stockings; 
cotton ones are to be preferred. But when the 
feet are exposed to severe cold or storms, they 
should by all means wear extra covering, such 
as cloth-lined overshoes (not rubbers), the same 
as we wear overcoats to protect our body and 
gloves or mittens to keep the hands warm. 

No. 2. — Absorbing Powder. 
To cure excessive perspiration, which causes 



BUNIONS. 75 

wet, cold, clammy, tired, odorous, and many 
other diseases of the feet, mix together: 

Carbonate of Magnesia 4 ounces 

Calcined Alum 4 ounces 

Pure Corn Starch 1 ounce 

Orris Root . i dram 

All to be prepared or pulverized to the finest 
dust-like flour; and use mornings as stated be- 
fore, by sprinkling a little over the bottoms of 
the inside of the shoes and over the outside of 
the stocking on the top of the feet. As soon as 
the feet resume their healthy state and the exces- 
sive perspiration leaves them, use the powder 
less often. It is a sure cure. 



BUNIONS. 

This uncomfortable, ill-looking, and some- 
times painful affliction or ailment is an addition 
or enlargement of the great-toe joint. Nine- 
teen times out of twenty, in the beginning it is 
caused from cold or frostbitten feet, and the 
other once out of twenty from wearing improper, 
such as too tight or badly fitting, boots or shoes. 
It is an inflammation, enlargement, and hard- 
ening of the small membraneous sac containing 



y6 BUNIONS. 

the oily secretion of the joint. This sac is situ- 
ated on the inside of the bail of the great or large 
toe, causing pain and sometimes an enlarge- 
ment the size of a pigeon's tgg. In some it is at 
times covered with a thick callous, and so sore 
that the part of the shoe which covers or is di- 
rectly over the bunion has to be thoroughly slit- 
ted, or a large hole cut out instead, so that the 
shoe can be worn at all. I have known it to 
affect the sciatic nerve of the entire leg from re- 
peated attacks of inflammation, causing great 
suffering. 

CURES. 

No. i Formula. 

A suddenly inflamed or hard, old, sore, swol- 
len Bunion from whatever cause, when treat- 
ment is commenced, demands a larger soft boot 
or shoe and loose stocking. Then first make a 
poultice out of Wheat Bran; change it once in 
fifteen or twenty minutes for two hours, then if 
necessary three or four times a day till inflamma- 
tion is partially subdued, after which for some 
time, nights and mornings, apply a liniment or 
lotion made by mixing together two tablespoon- 
fuls (one ounce) of Tincture of Arnica and one 
tablespoonful (one-half ounce) of Glycerin, and 



BUNIONS. 77 

apply once or twice a day. In the .uture do not 
wear shoes that press against the end or on the 
large-toe joint, or that irritate any other part of 
the foot in any way, and there will be no more 
trouble. If ever again it is tender from exces- 
sive walking, for a few days wear a sticking plas- 
ter made of brown stick Diachylon, also called 
lead plaster, of which buy two or three cents' 
worth at a drugstore, where it can always be 
found. Prepare a plaster from it in the following 
way: Take a piece of cotton cloth a little larger 
than the Bunion, upon which shave a little warm 
or melt it enough so it will stick; or it can be 
made by melting the end of a piece and drop- 
ping it on the cloth; and apply while warm. It 
is very soothing, and a wonderful protection 
against any external irritation. 

No. 2. — -For an Old, Chronic Bunion. 

Once a day, for at least fifteen minutes, let 
large drops, or a small stream about the size of a 
rye straw, of cold water from a mill pipe, wash- 
tub, barrel, raceway, or any high elevation fall 
directly upon the center of the swollen part of 
the Bunion, after which wipe dry and apply any 
good liniment; or let fall a stream of hot Baking- 
Soda Water, using two heaping tablespoonfuls 
of Soda to two gallons of water, letting it fall 



78 BUNIONS. 

from the highest elevation from which it can be 
borne without causing too much pain. Apply it 
in the following way: Fasten a funnel on the 
side of a table or something" still higher, first 
stopping part of the mouth or hole in the tube 
with a cork or plug of wood so it will run in 
a very small stream; put the foot into a pail 
or deep pan directly under the funnel, and 
then out of a tea kettle or any other utensil 
slowly pour the Soda Water into the funnel 
which for at least ten minutes should fall on the* 
Bunion as hot as can be borne by the patient. 
The same water can be used over and over again. 
Either one of the above treatments followed up 
for a short time will effect a cure, providing 
nothing is worn that irritates or presses against 
the Bunion while under treatment and for some 
time after cured. For, remember, even after 
partially or entirely cured, one single day's irri- 
tation from a tight shoe or one that presses 
harshly upon it will put it back in a painful or 
inflamed state again that you have been weeks 
in removing. 

No. 3. — For a Sudden or Acute Bunion. 

At night before retiring rub the Bunion well 
with any good liniment that will not blister; then 



BUNIONS. 79 

saturate a piece of white flannel the size of a sil- 
ver dollar with a little more and lay it upon the 
Bunion, over which lay two thicknesses of news- 
paper; lastly take a hot flatiron and rub it gently 
from three to five minutes over the paper as hot 
as it can be borne. This treatment, if followed 
up for a short time, will take the swelling, sore- 
ness, and inflammation out of it, so that you 
will never know you had one. This treatment 
has cured old Bunions on persons who were 
friends of mine and who had been troubled with 
them anywhere from three to fifteen years. 
Bunions, in their first stages, before they are 
very sore or give much trouble, may be checked 
by binding the joint with adhesive plaster, which 
can be obtained at any drugstore, keeping it on 
until the enlargement entirely disappears. 

Sometimes, at first, it causes a little incon- 
venience, which soon wears away. Or, in place, 
use the brown stick Diachylon plaster (see last 
part of No. I Bunion Formula), which should 
also be worn on a Bunion that has once been 
cured and ever afterward hurt or irritated by 
cold, shoes, or any other cause. 



80 INVERTED OR INGROWING TOE NAILS. 



INVERTED OR INGROWING TOE 
NAILS. 

This troublesome and most painful affliction 
of the nails, generally of the large or great toe, is 
in some persons an exceeding and very serious 
ailment, causing much discomfort, misery and 
pain, especially during the daytime when obliged 
to be on the feet or walking. If the nail is grow- 
ing deep down into the flesh the patient at times 
is unable to bear the slightest pressure, even a 
thin stocking or shoe, over the toe. The prin- 
cipal cause is wearing too tight shoes or boots, 
also stockings that draw or compress the whole 
foot together; these stockings are generally 
two or three sizes too short and small in every 
way; then with the aid or help of whatever is 
worn over them, which of course must be small 
in proportion, presses the great or large toe and 
the next one or second toe together, which one 
is really the offender and seat of the whole trou- 
ble, causing the flesh to be pushed upon the nail, 
which rounds or humps it up in the back, caus- 
ing the soreness and swelling by the presence of 
the nail growing directly and deeply downward 
into the flesh, instead of lengthways and flatways 
over the sides. The second or chronic stage is 



INVERTED OR INGROWING TOE NAILS. 8 1 

that after a time, the flesh or lap continues to rise 
higher and lean or crowd more and more over 
on top of the nail, and which, owing to the pres- 
sure upon the sides and especially upon the ends, 
causes or forces the side of the curved or 
rounded part of the nail to cut or push down 
deeply into the flesh. At first it only causes 
slight pain, which after a time increases, when 
relief is sought, which is done generally through 
ignorance in the wrong or an improper manner, 
by the use of a small knife blade cutting or goug- 
ing out as much as possible of the curved or hid- 
den part of the nail — that is, under the lap part 
of the flesh, which only gives temporary relief 
and immediately causes the nail to grow entirely 
wrong where it was cut off, and as the shoe or 
boot presses the tender flesh more and more 
against the side and sharp-cut front corner edge 
of the nail, which thereby, in return, in due time 
causes the flesh to become moist, poisoned, and 
raw. After a time the constant irritation of the 
flesh, especially if allowed to continue long, ex- 
cites and causes inflammation, ulceration, matter, 
or pus; and sometimes proud flesh sprouts up. 
In this condition, if cold is taken, blood poison- 
ing is liable to set in and cause death. 



82 INVERTED OR INGROWING TOE NAILS. 

TREATMENT AND CURES. 
NO. I. 

First file crossways with a small, narrow, 
coarse file a flat place on the top of the nail; or 
scrape lengthwise evenly with a sharp knife or 
a rounded, or broken, sharp piece of glass a hol- 
low, narrow place the whole length in the mid- 
dle or center of the nail; file or scrape it very 
thin, but not entirely through, then cut the ends 
off short, the shape of the toe (a little rounding), 
leaving on nearly the whole of the corners. 
This makes the nail weak in the back, causing it 
to contract or draw up from the sides; in a few 
hours' time all pain will have disappeared, espe- 
cially if a very little cotton wet with liniment or 
smeared over with vaseline or a good salve is in- 
serted or gently pushed under the front edge or 
between the side of the nail and skin. If this is 
done every time the nail is pared (cut) or a new 
half grows out again, there will be no more pain 
or soreness. Now to remove the lap or thick, 
fleshy skin surrounding the nail, which is the 
whole cause of the trouble, also all the pain, and 
not the nail itself as everyone supposes, treat it in 
this way: Put a small lump of Mutton Tallow, 
Lard, or, what is still better, Brown Diachylon 



INVERTED OR INGROWING TOE NAILS. 83 

in a teaspoon and slowly heat it over a lamp until 
it becomes very hot; it ought to boil or rise up 
in bubbles. Then with the fingernail, a hairpin, 
or small stick draw the end of the lap as far away 
from the nail as you can and pour two or three 
drops of the hot preparation on or between the 
nail and the lap or flesh. If the lap and side of 
the toe are first rubbed for one or two minutes 
to numb it, the same as a person would rub or 
pinch an ear before it is pierced, the hot tallow 
or whatever else is used will cause no pain what- 
ever, and it should be left on or between the nail 
and lap for several days or a week, at the end of 
which time nearly the whole flesh growth will 
come or drop off in the shape of a dry scab 
(granulation); and what is left of the lap is of 
such a hard, dry nature and so destitute of feel- 
ing that it generally can be cut off with a small 
pair of shears or a sharp knife, leaving the side 
of the nail exposed so that it can be cut or pared 
away without a particle of pain. The whole 
operation causes little or no inconvenience if 
properly done, and forever cures it. I have had 
hundreds of persons try this whole Ingrowing- 
Nail treatment, and I have yet the first person to 
find for whom it did not perform a permanent 
cure. 

N. B.— If the lap or flesh growth is very large, 



84 INVERTED OR INGROWING TOE NAILS. 

it is sometimes necessary to repeat the hot appli- 
cation the second time; but generally the first 
treatment will surprise you; and by constant use 
your Ingrowing Nails will be cured. 

No. 2. — To Prevent all Toe Nails from Grow- 
ing into the Flesh. 

All the nails of the feet that are hard and in- 
clined to grow rounding, called humped up and 
thick in the middle or center of the back, are 
bound sooner or later to grow more or less into 
the side of the flesh, especially of the great toe. 
This can easily be prevented so as never to cause 
the least mite of trouble whatsoever, simply, 
when the feet are washed or the nails cut or 
trimmed, by doing precisely the following: Cut 
the ends short and the same shape as the end of 
the toe, which will answer for a guide, and if no- 
ticed is a little rounding, after which scrape a 
flat place in the center of the nail lengthwise 
from the root or quick to the front end. This 
immediately renders or makes tlue nail weak in 
the back, contracts it, which otherwise would 
grow so that the side that would otherwise grow 
down into the flesh will naturally rise up, so 
even if the nail or its shape is essentially changed 
and in time gone by has caused much annoyance, 



INVERTED OR INGROWING TOE NAILS. 85 

it is impossible, if properly and thoroughly done, 
that it should cause you any further trouble or 
pain. Do not fail to try this, and see how one 
treatment will surprise you; and by constant use 
your ingrowing toe nails will be cured. 

Treatments and Cures for Tired Feet, Swollen 
Feet and Ankles. 

At night before retiring first bathe or hold 
them in a pail of hot water for ten minutes, then 
wipe dry, and over the swollen or tender parts 
bind on with a strip of cotton cloth two or three 
thicknesses of green Plantain Leaves, which 
should be left on all night. If the Plantain 
Leaves are newly gathered, first break off the 
stems, then wilt or soften them a little, which 
can be quickly done by taking a handful and 
pressing or closing the fingers firmly on them a 
few times. If they have been kept for some 
time for future use, they will be crisp and dry 
and should be immersed in warm water for a few 
seconds, which will bring them back to their 
natural flexibility, and you can use them as if 
gathered green. A few nights' treatment wall 
cure them. 

Treatment for Weak Ankles. 
The worst case can be cured in a short time 



86 INVERTED OR INGROWING TOE NAILS. 

by the following simple treatment: At night 
before retiring put your foot on a chair; then 
with the thumb and fingers of each hand for five 
minutes rub them up and down, both at the same 
time, rubbing the front part of the ankle with 
one hand and the back with the other. Then, 
lastly, apply clear Alcohol or any good liniment, 
or, better, have made up the formula given on 
page 9, Part L, Volume I., called " Magical 
Wonder Liniment," which will quickly do won- 
ders. A person will feel a benefit from the first 
treatment. It should be thoroughly continued 
for some time, in order to strengthen the ankles 
permanently. 

Treatment and Cures for Cramps in the Calf 
of the Legs, etc. 

Cramps, which are experienced in the instep, 
calves of the legs, and the thighs, generally 
come on in bed at night, and are a very painful, 
sudden, and violent contraction of one or more 
muscles. The way persons have expressed it to 
me they would say that their legs from the knees 
down would double or draw up into knots, and 
claim sometimes for a moment they would 
scarcely know what to do, the pains being so 
severe and of such a serious nature. 



INVERTED OR INGROWING TOE NAILS. 8/ 

Cause. — Excessive labor (work), such as walk- 
ing too often up and down stairs, getting in and 
out of a wagon, standing on the feet too much 
in one place, too long walks, crossing the feet or 
legs too long; while lying down or sleeping on 
the back with the feet drawn up or knees up in 
the air, as it is commonly called; bicycle riding, 
etc., which puts too much work on the muscles, 
straining them to such an extent that it pro- 
duces the Cramps. 

CURES. 

No. i. 

When an attack occurs or suddenly comes on 
in bed always have near by a handkerchief, a 
strip of strong muslin, or a large cord, which 
quickly tie, or have some other person tie 
around the leg just above the affected part 
or muscle. This, if it can be done, will gen- 
erally produce instant relief. After the Cramp 
has entirely disappeared, thoroughly rub the 
part with Alcohol, Liniment, Spirits of Cam- 
phor, or anything stimulating and penetrating. 

No. 2. — A One-Minute Cure. 

The above or aforesaid No. i treatment is all 
right as far as it goes, but where a person has 



88 INVERTED OR INGROWING TOE NAILS. 

a cramp come on in an instant, in the middle of 
the night, and so severe as to nearly drive him 
to distraction, it is impossible for him, especially 
when all alone, to do anything — even move 
about or turn from one side over onto 
the other. Now, my friends, I have sym- 
pathy With every person who has or has 
ever had Cramps, as I had them when 
I was young, and about as badly as any- 
one ever had them, which I cured in a 
short time in the following way (and the worst 
case can be relieved in less than one minute with- 
out any medicine in this Way): The instant you 
feel the Cramp or it awakens you out of a sound 
sleep, first draw up the foot as much as you can 
toward the. shin-bone, and at the same time 
stretch the whole leg out straight and hold it 
there for a few seconds, when the cramp will 
quickly disappear. As soon as it is gone rub 
where the cramp was briskly with the naked 
hand; no remedy is equal to it right at that mo- 
ment, as long-continued friction with the bare 
hand will strengthen the weak, overtaxed mus- 
cles; and to avoid a recurrence of it again 
every night rub in well the " Magical Wonder 
Liniment," Spirits of Camphor, or any good lini- 
ment you have in the house. 



INVERTED OR INGROWING TOE NAILS. 89 

Twenty-eight " Never " and " Don't " Pointers 
about Footwear. 

The first fourteen of them are by Dr. Samuel 
Appleton, and the second fourteen are by my- 
self, Dr. H. A. Rethcef, which every person will 
derive comfort in heeding. 

1. Never wear a shoe that will not allow the 
toe to lie in a straight line. 

2. Never wear a shoe with a sole narrower 
than the outline of the foot traced with a pencil 
close under the rounding edge. 

3. Never wear a shoe that pinches the heel. 

4. Never wear a shoe or boot so large in the 
heel that the foot is not kept in place. 

5. Never wear a shoe or boot tight anywhere. 

6. Never wear a shoe or boot that has depres- 
sions in any part of the sole to drop any joint or 
bearing below the level plane. 

7. Never wear a shoe with a sole turning up 
very much at the toe, as this causes the cords 
on the upper part of the foot to contract. 

8. Never wear a shoe that presses up into the 
hollow of the foot. 

9. Never wear the top of the boots tight, as it 
interferes with the action of the calf muscles, 
makes one walk badly, and spoils the shape of 
the ankle. 



go INVERTED OR INGROWING TOE NAILS. 

10. Never come from high heels to low heels 
at one jump. 

ii. Never wear one pair of shoes all the time, 
unless obliged to do so. Two pairs of boots 
worn a day at a time alternately give more ser- 
vice and are much more healthful. 

12. Never wear a leather sole lining to stand 
upon. White cotton drilling, felt, or linen is 
much better and more healthful. 

13. Never wear a short stocking or one which 
after being washed is not at least one-half inch 
longer than the foot. Bear in mind that stock- 
ings shrink. Be sure that they will allow your 
toes to spread out at extreme ends, as this keeps 
the joints in place and makes a strong and at- 
tractive foot. As to shape of stockings, the sin- 
gle digital or one-toe stocking is the best. 

14. Never think that the feet will grow large 
from wearing proper shoes. Pinching and dis- 
torting makes them grow not only large, but 
unsightly. A proper, natural use of all the 
muscles makes them compact and attractive. 

Fourteen " Don'ts." 

1. Don't wear woolen stockings winter or 
summer. If your feet have a natural tendency 
to perspire or have damp, cold spells, always 



INVERTED OR INGROWING TOE NAILS. 9 1 

wear cotton stockings — thick ones in the winter 
and thin ones in the summer. 

2. Don't wear garters to hold up the stock- 
ings, but instead hose or side supporters. Gar- 
ters, no matter how loosely they are worn, im- 
pede circulation, benumb, and cause cold 
feet. 

3. Don't wear rubber boots all day long un- 
less absolutely obliged to. If they must be 
worn, put on very light or thin soft leather slip- 
pers inside of them. 

4. Don't wear stockings with large darning 
clumps or lumps upon them, especially upon the 
bottoms of the feet. 

5. Don't wear shoes or gaiters in which the 
rubber elastic around the ankles is very tight or 
draws or contracts them, as this impedes circu- 
lation and also causes cold and many other ail- 
ments of the feet. 

6. Don't wear shoes buttoned or laced too 
tightly, as it will cause all of the same troubles 
as given above in No. 5. 

7. Don't wear thin shoes in cold weather un- 
less extra overshoes are worn over them. 

8. Don't wear thick uppers or sole boots or 
shoes of a like nature in hot weather, as they 
weaken the feet, causing them to burn and be- 
come sore. 



92 INVERTED OR INGROWING TOE NAILS. 

9. Don't wear the same shoes outdoors or on 
the street, especially in winter, that are worn in 
the house. 

10. Don't wear shoes that have become hard 
from water or rain, unless softened with lard, tal- 
low^ or some other greasy preparation. 

11. Don't wear either boots or shoes all day, 
especially in the house, unless obliged to, as they 
will cause damp, clammy feet. 

12. Don't wear rubber shoes continually. As 
soon as you come in the house take them off, 
and if obliged to wear them out of doors all day, 
in place of them wear cloth-lined shoes or 
arctics. 

13. Don't wear or let children wear shoes any 
length of time where the heels are badly run 
over on one side; it weakens the ankles. 

14. Don't wear shoes with too high heels. If 
it had been designed for us to w r ear such out- 
rageous' high heels, we would have been born 
with an extra elevation on that part of our feet. 
Put the same extra amount or length on a 
horse's shoes, and he would be unfit to drive and 
entirely used up in a week. 

In conclusion I will say that I have plainly 
given a great deal of good advice and useful in- 
formation, also a large number of the very best 



INVERTED OR INGROWING TOE NAILS. 93 

formulas or cures for all of the common every- 
day diseases of the feet: And if any person who 
has any ailments of the feet makes an effort to 
cure them, and fails in the attempt, it is his fault 
and not the fault of this book. 



PART IV*, VOL L 



WORMS. 



This fourth part of this volume treats entirely 
on Worms, giving a plain description of all the 
common and different kinds or species of Worms 
which inhabit the various organs of the hu- 
man system, such as Tapeworms, long round 
Stomach Worms, Threadworms, Pinworms, etc., 
and their origin; also symptoms, cause, preven- 
tions, and a large number of the very best 
formulas for their entire removal and permanent 
cure. 

Common Worms — Their Symptoms, Causes, 
Preventions, and Cures. 

Worms afflict all ages of the human family — 
from the oldest person down to the youngest in- 
fant. These pests kill more children, directly or 
indirectly, than teething, scarlet fever, and 
croup combined. Correct reports show us that 
nearly one-half of all the children born in this 

95 



g6 worms. 

country die before they are five years old. Just 
think of this fearful fact! And one-fourth of 
these are killed unknowingly by Worms. Nine 
children out of ten who do not enjoy good 
health, which is generally caused by dyspepsia 
or a weak, debilitated condition of the stomach 
and bowels, are troubled with the long round 
Stomach- or Pin-Worms, which some medi- 
cal writers on Worms assert or claim are 
the result of spontaneous generation, as 
it is quite common for the bowels of new- 
born infants to be alive or studded with small 
Worms. Also many facts are recorded where 
Worms, from the Tapeworm down, have been 
found in the stomach of a seven-months' foetus. 

A careful examination shows altogether there 
are some fifteen or more different kinds of para- 
sites or species of Worms which have been found 
to inhabit the various organs or parts of the 
human system, such as the stomach, liver, kid- 
neys, heart, lungs, eyes, and brain included; but 
are principally found in the stomach and small 
intestines. 

Only four or five varieties are commonly met 
with to merit a description. Following are the 
most troublesome species: First I will mention 
the Round or Stomach Worm, termed Ascaris 
lumbricoides. This common Worm starts from 



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eggs which are laid by the parent Worm in the 
intestines. The Worm varies in size from a 
small slate pencil to as large as one's little finger. 
It grows from three to thirteen inches in length, 
and looks like the common angle or earth worm, 
though it is usually longer. The body is round 
and tapers toward either extremity or end; their 
color varies from a milky whiteness or whitish- 
pink to a light or dark grayish-red shade. Some 
are also of a yellowish-white color. The female 
Worms, which are larger than the male, are 
sometimes so bloated and transparent when re- 
moved or expelled by medicine that the young 
Worms can be seen by the hundreds inside, 
which the mother Worms had in their agony 
either devoured or taken in for protection, the 
same as a snake will do with its young when they 
are in danger. It is claimed that one single fe- 
male Worm, if allowed to live its natural term of 
life, will produce at least sixty thousand young 
Worms. But a great many large Worms in 
one way and another destroy the small and 
weaker ones the same as large fish eat up the 
small ones, and, in fact, it seems to be a general 
law of nature that the larger and stronger or- 
ganisms shall subsist to a certain extent on the 
weaker beings, whether they be of their own spe- 
cies or not. These Worms at times, and that 



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quite often, migrate or find their way into the 
large bowel or stomach and also come up in the 
throat, generally in the night, which will make 
some children so sick to their stomachs that 
large quantities are frequently vomited up. In 
other instances, where it does not make them 
sick enough to vomit, owing to their being less 
in number, the Worms will at certain times come 
or crawl up into the throat or back part of the 
mouth so they are picked out with the thumb 
and fingers, which I have found to be a very 
common occurrence for some middle-aged per- 
sons to do. Again, in some certain weakly con- 
stituted children, these Worms frequently wind 
themselves lengthways, or knot themselves up 
in the throat, obstructing or wholly closing the 
air passage, causing instant death from stran- 
gulation. Many children have been found 
choked to death from one single round Stomach 
Worm in its wanderings from home, having 
crawled up the gullet and thence down into the 
windpipe, which it completely blocked up. I 
have recorded a great many true facts similar to 
these, of Mr. Obadiah Lee, who lived in Horton- 
town, Putnam County, N. Y.; Mr. John Haust- 
ner of Leeds, Greene County, N. Y.; Mr. A. 
Wright of Newport, R. I. ; Mrs. E. Keys of Bur- 
lington, Vt., and others, where the Worms 



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crawled out of the mouth, nostrils, and ears after 
death. Sometimes only from one to four are 
removed by medicine and at other times from 
fifty to three hundred. In Clove, Dutchess 
County, N. Y., a Mr. H. Doram, after taking 
a dose of Worm medicine, passed two hundred 
and ninety-six Stomach Worms in one day. 
This man had been sick and ailing for years, and 
had been doctored for liver trouble, heart dis- 
ease, dyspepsia, and every other kind of stomach 
complaint, which all left him in a short time after 
the removal of the colony of worms. In Tomp- 
kins Cornefs, Putnam County, N. Y., a Mr. H. 
Miller passed two hundred and eighty-three 
Stomach Worms and a Tape-Worm fourteen 
feet in length, in two days. In South Centre- 
ville, Orange County, N. Y., a Mrs. Johanna 
Phillips, after taking a dose of Tapeworm medi- 
cine, passed a teacup, solidly filled, of Stomach 
Worms and a Tapeworm forty feet in length. 
This lady had been ailing for many years. It is 
needless to say that she regained her health in a 
short time. In Rider's Mills, Columbia County, 
N. Y., a Mrs. C. Albert, who had been ailing and 
slowly wasting away for years, after the removal 
of one hundred and sixty-nine Stomach Worms 
and a four-inch lizard, entirely recovered her 
health, owing it to nothing but a few doses of 



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Worm medicine. Miss Anna Biehler, twenty- 
eight years of age, who lived in Arkville, Dela- 
ware County, N. Y., passed three hundred and 
twenty-seven Stomach Worms in two days by 
simply taking pink and senna tea. They varied 
from two and one-half to nine inches in length. 
This lady had been sick for eight years, and had 
been treated by a dozen different doctors for 
every imaginable disease. After the removal 
of these Worms she soon after got well and 
never was sick again. When Mrs. Biehler re- 
lated this fact to me she still lived in Arkville, 
was over seventy years old, wonderfully pre- 
served, and a perfect picture of health. In 
Salem, New London County, Conn., a lady by 
the name of Mrs. James Gordon Clark, whose 
little child only three months of age, which had 
been sick for several days, one morning was 
taken with spasms. At the time no doctor 
lived there, so an old lady nurse was called in. 
She gave the child a large dose of Worm medi- 
cine, which removed two hundred and three 
Stomach Worms that measured from two to 
three and one-half inches in length. The child 
recovered in one day, and no doubt that one 
dose of Worm medicine in the end saved its life. 
In Hartland Hollow, Conn., a Mr. Robert F. 
Stewart told me while I was there that a little 



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girl of his, only four years of age, who had been 
sick for a year, after taking a few doses of Worm 
medicine passed one hundred and seventy- 
six long round Stomach Worms in one 
day, measuring from three to ten inches in 
length. 

I have and could give the names of hundreds 
of similar cases, and all true facts, of the above 
nature, which for want of space will not be pub- 
lished. Cases of fits, of years' and years' stand- 
ing, have been cured by simply removing the 
cause from the patients, which was Worms. A 
great many children will have fits, and some 
die in them; generally it is laid to teething, when 
it is nothing but Worms that cause them. I will 
here cite or mention a few facts or cases, selected 
from many of a similar nature, that have been 
published from time to time, where children and 
older persons had fits or spasms for years and 
were cured in a few days. In Green Haven, 
Dutchess County, N. Y., in the year 1895, lived 
a Mrs. S. Moon, whose little granddaughter had 
fits from the time she was three months old 
until the age of four years, when she looked like 
a living skeleton. She would have as many as 
twenty-four fits in one day. She was treated 
for fits by half a dozen different doctors, when 
at last a noted Dr. Sutton of East Fishkill, 



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Dutchess County, N. Y., gave her a few doses cf 
Worm medicine, which removed half a pint of 
Pinworms, and that ended the fits. Mr. Orin 
Slater of Cairo, Greene County, N. Y., had a 
daughter, a young lady grown, when telling this 
fact to me, that had fits from the time she was 
one year old up to the age of eight. She would 
have anywhere from one to thirty a day. All of 
these years she was dosed by every doctor far 
and near for everything except Worms. At the 
advice of a friend, and as a last resort, she was 
treated for Worms. After administering two 
doses of Worm medicine, which removed eighty- 
three Worms the first day and half as many the 
next day, she never had another fit. A lady by 
the name of Jenny Merts, who lived in Ware- 
house Point, Conn., had fits for twelve years. 
She doctored with everyone and took everything 
she could hear of that was warranted to cure 
them. At last an old woman made her a bowl 
of Worm tea, which she drank, that removed a 
pint fruit-jar, solid full, of Stomach- and Pin- 
Worms. This lady was freed from fits during 
the remainder of her life. In Ardsley, West- 
chester County, N. Y., in the year 1895, lived a 
Mr. A. Travers, tutor in the high school, who 
had a child that had fits and spasms for years. 
After the removal of thousands of Pinworms 



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she never had another spasm, and was freed from 
sickness for ever afterward. 

Cases are on record where persons were sup- 
posed to have had the consumption. They 
would cough by the hour, were day by day 
slowly wasting away, when accidentally it was 
discovered they were full of Worms or had from 
one to three Tapeworms inside of them, and who, 
after the Worms were removed, immediately got 
well and lived for many years afterward. The 
Worms caused coughing and a wasting away of 
the system. I have also met a great many old 
and young people who had for years been doc- 
tored for a multitude of different diseases which 
they never had, and on the removal of the differ- 
ent species of Worms were entirely cured and 
freed from sickness aftenvard. The number of 
Worms that have been removed from grown per- 
sons and children, ranging from three to fifty 
Worms, all coming away at one time, after only 
one or two doses of medicine, would sum up into 
many thousands of cases. 

Symptoms. — Children and grown people, when 
troubled with Worms, have more or less of these 
symptoms; or at least, Worms have caused all 
of the symptoms given below in different indi- 
viduals at certain periods of their life: Sallow 
complexion, with white or livid circles around 



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the mouth and eyes. Cases are on record where 
the Worms have caused whole or partial loss of 
sight. In some children lower eyelids and 
upper lips are sometimes swollen; unnatural- 
looking tongue covered with whitish-looking 
fur, sometimes speckled with small red points 
or dotted elevations; others, drooling from the 
mouth or excessive flow of water (saliva), with a 
foul, offensive-smelling breath. Some children 
are constantly rubbing or picking their nose, 
others are restless at night and grind their 
teeth, also have frightful dreams and start up 
with terror when asleep. At times very feverish, 
ending in cold sweats, which will go and come 
several times during the day or night, accom- 
panied with great thirst. The cheeks flushed, 
then again pale as death. The stomach hard 
and swollen, sometimes sore to the touch. 
Bowels irregular; first they will be obstinately 
costive, then at times ending with gnawing or 
short, cramping, colicky pains in the stomach 
and a looseness of the bowels; at other times 
accompanied with diarrheal discharges of slime 
and mucus. Tickling cough, causing in some 
an alteration or partial loss of the voice; bleeding 
at the nose; changeable appetite; at times a feel- 
ing in the throat as if something were there or 
coming up, often causing sickness of the 



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stomach and also vomiting. Convulsions, fits, 
or spasms; nervous affections, and much general 
languor. Pinworms cause an irritation or itch- 
ing of the iower end of the large bowel (rectum 
or anus), and often when neglected cause bleed- 
ing piles and ulcers and cancers of the rectum. 
The last-named disease is rarely cured, and 
causes death sooner or later. 

Cause. — Nearly all of the large number of liv- 
ing animal and vegetable organisms, and the 
different species or varieties of Worms, found in 
the human system or digestive cavity, are acci- 
dental parasites, and nearly all first start or are 
developed from eggs, w r hich are first supposed 
to be introduced into the mouth and stomach 
either in or on foods or drinks of the following 
kinds, such as specked or partly decayed apples, 
pears, plums, berries; raw and half-cooked beef, 
ham, mutton, or pork; wormy nuts, old dates, 
figs, or raisins; stale water from shallow wells 
near dwellings, or running water from muddy 
streams; diseased, uncooked milk; old cheese; 
and various kinds of old vegetables and fruits 
that are partaken of. So it becomes desirable 
for us to be very careful in regard to what we eat 
or drink of the above nature, otherwise there 
may be a recurrence of the same trouble or evil 
in a short time. There are as many children 



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troubled with the small species of Worms as 
with the large round Stomach Worms, only 
they are not so easily noticed or seen. And to 
be troubled with any kind of Worms is a great 
deal more serious thing than you are aware of. 
Therefore, I claim that every individual, old or 
young, ought to give himself a trial for Worms 
once every few years, to know whether he is 
troubled with them or not. 

Cures. — To successfully remove and perma- 
nently rid the system of Worms is usually an 
easy matter, if the right course is pursued; but I 
have found in most cases it generally requires a 
combination medicine of one or more things 
that act and work together in the following way: 
One or more ingredients should kill the Worm 
or Worms, but if they are not of a cathartic na- 
ture, another ingredient, which is a purgative, 
should be used to clear the dead animals away 
or out of the body. A third or last part should 
be a tonic to correct the debility which favors 
their existence. Then again, if necessary, add 
one or more certain things with it to give it a 
pleasant taste and overcome griping or severe 
pain, that it would otherwise cause in some 
weakly persons while operating. 



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CURES. 

Formula No. 1. 

Take of dry herbs: 

Senna Leaves 1 ounce 

Wormwood 1 ounce 

Peach-Tree Leaves, or the inner bark 

of the tree root 1 ounce 

Sweet-Apple-Tree Buds or Bark (the 

small branches) 1 ounce 

Anise Seeds 1 dram 



Mix, and place all in a pail or vessel of any 
kind. Add a little over one quart of boiling 
water; let it steep, covered, for two hours; when 
cold, press out the pulp and strain the whole 
through a cloth. 

Dose: For a child, one-half of a teacupful, 
three or four times a day on an empty stomach. 
If it should move the bowels too often, give 
smaller doses. This is one of the best Worm in- 
fusions that can be made, and should be given 
for two or three days. 



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No. 2. 

Take of dry herbs: 

Pink Root -| ounce 

Senna Leaves % ounce 

Manna ^ ounce 

Finely sliced or bruised Wood Licorice -| ounce 

American Wormseed ^ -| ounce 

Anise Seeds I dram 

Cream-of-Tartar I dram 

Mix all together; place in a tin pail or utensil 
of any kind and add a little over one quart of 
boiling water. Stir up well and let it steep, 
covered, for one or two hours. Then press out 
the pulp, strain all through a cloth, bottle, and 
keep lightly corked in a cool place. 

Dose: For children from three to eight years 
old, from one-half to a whole teacupful each 
morning on an empty stomach, at least half an 
hour before breakfast. Give enough to act on or 
freely move the bowels, which quantity can be 
judged after one day's use. This is a little 
slower than some in its action, but sure in the 
end. It should be taken for several mornings, 
or until the Worms are all expelled. 

N. B. — Instead of giving to children the 
above amount in the morning all at one time, it 



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can be divided up into three doses. Say, give 
a tablespoonful (more or less) three times a day, 
half an hour before each meal. No matter how 
it is taken, it will do its work. If there are any 
Worms, they will be expelled. It is a well-tried, 
valuable old-time remedy. 

No. 3. 

This and the next two are santonin combina- 
tions — the very best, safest, and most reliable of 
the large number used. Have a druggist pre- 
pare for you as follows: 

Santonin 12 grains 

Podophyllin 2 grains 

White Sugar 60 grains 

Cream-of-Tartar . . . . . 4 grains 

Mix. Divide into twenty-four powders and 
give one in a tablespoonful of sweet milk every 
three or four hours, on an empty stomach, until 
they act freely upon the bowels. 

The above dose is for a child from two> to eight 
years old; give two powders at a dose for older 
children, and still larger doses for grown per- 
sons — all in the same way. Santonin is one of 
the safest and most effectual remedies to expel 
the long round Stomach Worms there is, and is 



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entirely tasteless, especially when prepared in the 
above way or the two following ways, and the 
most delicate child will readily take it. 

No. 4. — (This one is the best.) 

Castor Oil 1 ounce 

Senna 1 ounce 

Pink Root 1 ounce 

Santonin 16 grains 

Oil of Anise -J ounce 

Mix. 

Dose: For children, from three to eight years 
old, one tablespoonful, half an hour before sup- 
per and breakfast. (Note. — Always give the 
first dose before supper.) If the child is strong, 
give larger doses; and if delicate, puny, and 
sickly, smaller ones. Children will readily take 
this, as it is very pleasant to the taste. 

No. 5. — (Equally as good and harmless.) 

Castor Oil 1 ounce 

Wormseed Oil 1 ounce 

Turpentine . . | ounce 

Oil of Anise i ounce 

Or in place of the turpentine the same amount 



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of Essence of Bergamot can be used, which is 
claimed to be better. . 
Mix. 

The dose for a child from two to four years 
old is from twelve to twenty-five drops stirred 
in a tablespoonful of sweet milk or orange juice, 
every three or four hours, on an empty stomach. 
Give larger doses for older children. In all 
cases where the above is given, after a few doses 
are taken it ought to act on the bowels or make 
them move rather freely. This has several 
times removed an entire Tapeworm in addition 
to the long round Stomach Worms. 

No. 6. 

Another good and simple remedy where per- 
sons do not wish to go to the trouble of pre- 
paring or having prepared any of the other 
aforesaid formulas, and which can be bought for 
a few cents at any drugstore, is: 

Wormseed Oil I ounce 

Anise Oil I dram 

Mix well. 

The dose is from five to eight or ten drops 
mixed with a little sugar, or, better, stirred into 



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a tablespoonful of milk, to be given about half 
an hour before breakfast and the same length of 
time before supper. It should be given for at 
least two or three days, or until all the Worms 
are removed from the patient, which can be 
clearly seen, owing to there being no more left 
to come away. 

Note: After through giving the wormseed oil, 
administer according to age of patient from one 
to two teaspoonfuls or tablespoonfuls of castor 
oil mixed with double the amount of sweetened 
orange juice or, instead, maple syrup or molas- 
ses. All of the last named articles, when com- 
bined with the castor oil, make it tasteless. 

This formula is a good one, and is reliable 
and harmless. It can be given to the most deli- 
cate little child. 

No. 7. 

Here is another sure Worm killer and ex- 
terminator, harmless to take if prepared and 
taken for two days in the following way. Have 
a druggist make you as follows: 

Santonin 4 grains 

Calomel 4 grains 

Extract Licorice 4 grains 

Pulverized Sugar 4 drams 



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Mix, and divide into four powders. Give the 
first powder half an hour before supper, the sec- 
ond half an hour before breakfast, and the other 
tw r o powders in the same way at the same fol- 
lowing meals. The above is for a child from 
three to five years of age. From six to twelve 
years of age, give two powders at a dose; and 
double the amount for grown persons. In all 
cases, after the last dose is taken, and the bowels 
have not moved freely inside of an hour or two, 
give or take a dose of castor oil, mixed or pre- 
pared as given in the last part of the previous 
(No. 6) formula. But generally it requires no 
physic of any kind. 

No. 8. — Last, but not Least. 

It is not generally known that beefs-gall will 
remove or expel all kinds of Worms; and the 
following is one of the simplest and best vermi- 
fuges that there are, which I bought of an old 
doctor who at one time traveled from town to 
town giving lectures, curing fits, and removing 
Worms free of charge, from every one who had 
them. He had over five gallons of Stomach 
Worms, that measured from seven to twelve 
inches in length, and removed every one of them 
with beefs-gall, prepared and given in the fol- 



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lowing way: As soon as a large beef is butch- 
ered, get the gall-sac. First carefully remove or 
cut off every particle of the fat from the outside 
of the sac, and hang it up under a shed in an 
airy place until quite dry. Then take out a 
little of the dry gall and roll it with the thumb 
and fingers into pills the size of a large pea. 
The dose for a child from four to eight years of 
age is one at nine in the forenoon, one at three 
o'clock in the afternoon, and one at nine at night 
or before retiring or going to bed — always on 
an empty stomach. They can be taken clear or 
in a little milk or molasses. Give older children 
larger doses or larger-sized pills, and younger 
children smaller ones. It should be repeated for 
two or three days. 

N. B. — The gall causes the Worms to die so 
that they come away whole, and generally re- 
quire no physic of any kind to remove them out 
of the system, and it is harmless if there are no 
Worms. 



PINWORMS. 

The next and most common Worms found in 
the human body are the Threadworms, termed 
Oxyuris vermiculares and Tricocephalus, also 
called Pinworms, Seat-Worms, Maggots, or 



PINWORMS. 115 

Maw Worms, Parasite Worms, Hair Worms, 
etc. They affect both children and adults. 
They are very small and slender, look like a piece 
of small store string (twine) or coarse thread, 
and vary from one-fourth to two inches in 
length, and are a white or lightish-gray color. 
They are found in great numbers and are filled 
with myriads of minute eggs, and thus multiply 
very fast and are very active workers. There 
are really several kinds. The most common met 
with are the short and the long. The short spe- 
cies are the largest at the head and the long spe- 
cies the largest at the tail-end. Its upper two- 
thirds being so small and slender, has given them 
the name of Threadworms. 

They rarely are as numerous as the short spe- 
cies, of which there will sometimes be thou- 
sands in a person, and at such times, owing to 
their great number, in their wanderings from 
one part of the body to another they tangle or 
mat themselves together in the intestines into 
lumps or rolls, often causing fits or convulsions 
and other alarming symptoms of disease, also 
death. In some persons, at times, large num- 
bers of these small Worms will leave the body, 
especially at night, and may be found on the 
bedclothes or on the skin of the buttocks in the 
morning. Their principal habitation is the 



1 16 PINWORMS. 

lower end of the bowel (rectum) or large intes- 
tine, causing intense or intolerable itching and 
irritation within the anus at all times of the 
day, but mostly toward evening or when quietly 
lying down in bed at night. Some persons will 
dig and scratch themselves half of the night and 
almost tear themselves to a raw state, and the 
only way they can finally obtain sleep is that the 
pain from irritation in or around the anus will be 
so great that it overcomes the itching, and in 
this way the sufferer is able to go to sleep. 

In women they frequently crawl from the rec- 
tum into the vagina or urethra, causing a world 
of trouble in the way of local itching. Leucor- 
rhoea may be also caused by the presence of 
these parasites iri the vagina and a general dis- 
turbance of the whole nervous system. It is be- 
lieved by medical authorities, and doubtlessly 
true, that the irritation caused by the presence 
of these Worms produces, in some, unnatural ex- 
citement of the sexual organs and perhaps in 
time leads to unnatural bad habits of sexual 
gratification. These small Worms also inhabit, 
it is claimed, in large numbers, the caecum where 
it empties into the colon or large intestine. Dr. 
H. T. Turner published several years ago a very 
interesting post-mortem examination that he 
had made, in which he found in the left-hand 



PINWORMS. 117 

upper corner of the colon, as it turns toward the 
right, a pocket eaten out of the hardened faecal 
matter in which were a large quantity of Maw 
Worms or Maggots and eggs of Worms. The 
Worms had eaten into the sensitive mucous 
membrane, causing serious inflammation of the 
colon and the adjacent parts. A great many- 
times I have seen from one-half to a large coffee- 
cup, solid full, of these Pinworms come away 
during a single evacuation or movement of the 
bowels. The ovum or egg of certain species of 
Worms is first received or introduced into the 
stomach and bowels from food and drink, such as 
stale water, old vegetables, partly decayed fruit, 
etc. (read cause, on page 105), which when once 
having found access to the intestines, the egg 
shortly afterward develops into a natural Worm, 
which if not removed multiplies very fast. 

One of the principal symptoms of Pinworms 
is at times they excite great or intense irritation 
and itching of the lower end of the bowel (rec- 
tum or anus), and in some cases it will be found 
necessary after taking medicine internally to 
persevere in the use of nightly injections either 
of bitter infusions of greasy, thin ointments, for 
one or two weeks, in order to thoroughly be- 
come rid of all the Worms and eggs; otherwise, 
even though several days elapse without any of 



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the Pinworms appearing, there may be still some 
small Worms or eggs or both remaining, in 
which case, after the eggs hatch out and the 
young or small Worms develop, they will sub- 
sequently reappear in numbers as great as be- 
fore. Hence the necessity of the injections can 
be plainly seen. 

Cures. — For the Oxyuris, called Seat-, 
Thread-, or Pin- Worms, for their removal pro- 
ceed precisely the same as for the round 
Stomach Worms, which will generally remove 
them all. But as they multiply from nits or 
eggs deposited or burrowed in the folds in and 
about the rectal orifice (anus), so even if the Pin- 
worms should all be destroyed and expelled and 
a few eggs left, in due time there will again be a 
new lot of these Worms. So, in order to make 
a complete cure, it is necessary to inject a decoc- 
tion of any bitter infusion, by enema, such as 
wormwood, quassia, aloes, etc. In this way, in 
addition to first taking Worm medicine inter- 
nally, after the bowels have been freely evacuated 
or cleaned out make up and use any of the fol- 
lowing formulas as directed. 

No. i. 

Quassia Chips 2 ounces 

Warm Water 1 quart 



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Mix, and let stand or steep for three or four 
hours. At night, before retiring, inject all of 
this amount into the rectum with a fountain or 
bulb syringe and retain it as long as. possible. 
I have always found the most satisfactory results 
to follow this treatment. Either Wormwood or 
Tansy can be used in place of the quassia chips. 
In all cases, after one of these injections is used 
(except No. 5), twenty minutes or half an hour 
later or afterward follow it up by using another 
enema, either of warm water or, better, warm 
milk. Then, for several nights after, anoint 
with the end of the finger thoroughly in and 
about the rectum with carbolized vaseline or 
with camphorated vaseline, made in this propor- 
tion or strength: 

Carbolic Acid 15 grains 

Vaseline 1 ounce 

Or instead use: 

Camphor Gum 15 grains 

Vaseline . 1 ounce 

Mix and apply faithfully. 

N. B. — The carbolized or camphorated vase- 
line can be obtained at any drugstore already 
prepared and only costs a mere trifle. 



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No. 2. 

Here is another good injection for Pinworms 
which can be used in place of the No. I formula: 

Rich Sweet Milk I pint 

Fine Salt 2 tablespoonfuls 

Turpentine 1 tablespoonful 

Mix thoroughly. 

Use or inject as warm as can be borne, and re- 
tain it as long as possible. Follow up this injec- 
tion with the ointment as given in the last part 
of the No. 1 formula. 



No. 3. 

This is equally as good an injection for Pin- 
worms as any of the others. 

Hot Soft Water 1 pint 

Fine Salt 2 tablespoonfuls 

Spirits of Camphor 1 tablespoonful 

Strong Cider Vinegar 2 tablespoonfuls 

Mix, and use the same as No. 1 or No. 2 
formula, and finish with the ointment as given 
heretofore in the last part of No. 1 formula. 



PINWORMS. 121 

No. 4. 

This formula I bought of Dr. J. T. Benham of 
West Conesville, N. Y., who said it was one of 
the best injections for all the small species, such 
as Thread- or Pin- Worms, he ever used, and 
gave the most satisfactory results. And since I 
obtained it I have several times prescribed it 
myself for old chronic cases of years' standing, 
and each time with the same good and perma- 
nent results. 

Steep two ounces of Aloes in one quart of 
Sweet Milk, strain off, and add one large table- 
spoonful of Spirits of Turpentine. Mix well. 
After using an active warm cathartic, and the 
bowels having been freely evacuated during the 
day, take all of this amount by way of the rec- 
tum at one time, using the bulb or fountain 
syringe, retaining it as long as possible. Fifteen 
minutes after it has come away use a second in- 
jection of clear warm water. One treatment is 
all that is necessary, although I have always ad- 
vised the use of the carbolized or camphorated 
ointment after the above treatment. 

No. 5. 

Kerosene Oil, injected clear or diluted with 
one-third lard, forced into or up the rectum with 



122 THE TAPEWORMS. 

a small-tube syringe (pile pipe) or any way to get 
it in, makes one of the best preparations for de- 
stroying all kinds of small Worms such as Pin- 
worms, etc.; and it also destroys all nits and 
eggs there may be if used at this strength. 

Kerosene Oil 2 tablespoonfuls 

Lard 1 tablespoonful 

This is perfectly harmless, and should be pre- 
pared in this way: Pour the kerosene oil into the 
hot lard, which inject as quick as possible and as 
warm as can be borne. One or two treatments 
are all that is necessary to effect a complete cure. 

Next we come to the least common of all the 
varieties, 

THE TAPEWORMS 

(Taenia solium and Latta), which are the most 
troublesome and difficult to remove. They con- 
sist of several different species, which inhabit the 
human body of different individuals and also of 
many of the lower animals. They all look very 
much alike and show the same characteristics, 
reproducing their body continually from the 
head after reaching maturity, and are more 



THE TAPEWORMS. 123 

dangerous than generally supposed. As the 
same medicines will remove them all, the 
two most common kinds are only worthy 
of a description. One is the very broad, 
short-jointed white or grayish-white, and 
the other the narrow, long-jointed white 
Tapeworm. My experience has been that the 
same two species of Worms will vary in size or 
shape owing to their coming from differently 
constituted persons. Some will be very large 
and look coarse, and others small and slender. 
They dwell in or occupy the entire intestines 
(small bowels), and feed on the matter called 
chyle as it comes along before it is absorbed by 
the lacteals. Chyle is the life-substance or nour- 
ishing part of the food which passes along the in- 
testines after it has passed or gone through the 
stomach. Thus any sensible person can see at 
a glance that such an insatiable monster from 
fifteen to one hundred feet in length, every joint 
or link throughout the whole length of the 
Worm being supplied with a sucker-opening or 
mouth, by which each joint supplies itself with 
food independently of the others, feeding con- 
tinually on the very life-giving substance of the 
great human organism, must in time greatly 
weaken and undermine even the strongest and 
most robust constitution. A great many facts 



124 THE TAPEWORMS. 

are on record where these Worms were the cause 
of the death of many sick people. 

So it is only a matter of time in weakening 
by degrees the individual's system and at last 
ending in death, resulting from the " robbing " 
process which is constantly going on. These 
Worms attain a length of from fifteen to eighty 
or more feet, are flat like a piece of tape or thick 
white-velvet ribbon, and are made up of hun- 
dreds of segments, commonly called links or 
joints, which generally look like large or small 
pumpkin seeds, partially cut ofif, and fastened 
together with the end of one joint or link a little 
overlapping the other. Others look more like 
squash or cucumber seeds joined together in the 
same way. They measure from one-eighth to 
three-fourths of an inch in length. Each one 
of these joints has the power of reproducing an 
indefinite number of joints. At its lower end or 
tail each egg-filled joint as it becomes ripe con- 
tains by estimation thousands of eggs and the 
generative or male and female organs for repro- 
duction. So each egg, in every joint, is impreg- 
nated or fertilized, ready in due time to form or 
make a Worm like the original one before it 
leaves the human body. 

Tapeworms grow from the head downward, 
one segment or joint after another, growing 



THE TAPEWORMS. 1 25 

from one-half to two feet a day. This tail-end 
growth passes out of the body in the following 
way: In the majority of cases, single or three or 
four joints together will pass or crawl out of a 
person's anus at all hours of the day or night. 
And more or less joints will detach themselves 
and pass out with every movement of the bowels. 
Then once in a while we find a case, but not 
often, where a long piece of the Worm will pass 
away once every month or six weeks, with no 
passage of short pieces between times. In a 
case like this there is a sense of the presence of 
the part of the Worm in the rectum from its ac- 
tion, which urges the patient to go to stool for 
its removal. This separation of pieces from the 
various species, and coming away, always take 
place after the Tapeworm is about three or four 
months old or has attained maturity, and are 
the sure sign that a person has one. All other 
symptoms are about the same as those of the 
round Stomach Worm given heretofore. So it 
is sufficient to say that a person has no Tape- 
worm where there is no appearance or coming 
away of the joints or segments, and that any 
other failing of health is to be charged to 
stomach, liver, or kidney troubles or other dis- 
turbances of the system. The head of a Tape- 
worm is a very small affair about the size and 



126 THE TAPEWORMS. 

shape of a pin's head. One species' head is 
nearly eight-sided or eight-square, the other 
round, and another oblong. The head has four 
apertures or mouths, called muscular suckers, of 
disklike form, also called " sucking-disks," one 
in each corner, which when magnified look like 
holes or eyes. Also some species have in front 
of or near these disks or suckers one or two ad- 
ditional rows of a dozen or twenty more minute 
claws, which are sometimes called hooklets or 
teeth, to cling or hold on with, which it does 
with the greatest tenacity. Once thoroughly 
forced into the mucous coat or membrane of the 
intestines, these Worms, owing to their strong 
double hold, are the worst to remove. Their 
holding on is done for years, very near the lower 
opening of the stomach called the pyloric end or 
orifice. The head of an old Worm is generally 
dark-colored or nearly black, while young 
Worms have a yellowish or grayish-colored 
head. The neck, from the back of the head, is 
long and threadlike, more flat than round, no 
larger than a brass pin, and sometimes will re- 
main that size — from six to twelve inches. Then 
it gradually increases in width until the joints in 
the middle of some Worms are nearly three- 
fourths of an inch wide. Then they gradually 
become longer, and from one-third to one-half 



THE TAPEWORMS. 1 27 

of an inch narrower, until the tail-end joints pass 
out of the body. 

I have removed a great many Tapeworms; 
several times two together; once three that, all 
combined, measured ninety-six feet. One meas- 
ured thirty-one feet, one twenty-eight feet, and 
one thirty-seven. All came away at one time, 
and which I now have in my possession. Mrs. 
A. Sheroin of Lyonsville, Ulster County, N. Y., 
showed me a complete Tapeworm that she vom- 
ited up during the night while trying to drink a 
glass of warm milk, which is a rare occurrence. 
Ordinarily a person will not have more than one 
or two, but a great many facts are on record 
where anywhere from three to nine Worms have 
been removed at one time with one or two doses 
of medicine. In certain countries, like Syria 
and Abyssinia, w T here so much raw or half- 
cooked meat is eaten, nearly every individual, 
old or young, has from one to three of these 
pests inside of them. So a person can have al- 
most any number at one or the same time, pro- 
viding they happen to get the small cysts which 
contain the embryonic Worms into their stom- 
ach. The symptoms, as I have said before, of a 
Tapew r orm are to a certain extent about the 
same as of the round Stomach Worm, with the 
exception that after the Tapeworm is three or 



128 THE TAPEWORMS. 

four months old the true sign of having one is 
that pieces or segments or joints of the differ- 
ent species, containing the ripened eggs, will de-y 
tach or separate themselves, one by one or two 
or three together, from the parent colony and 
crawl or pass out of the intestines, either spon- 
taneously or with the evacuations, and are ap- 
parently alive, showing more or less motion. 
Also, in some persons a large number of joints 
will come away whenever they have a movement 
of the bowels. Some have at times a voracious 
appetite and at the same time an " all gone," 
faint feeling, as it is expressed, owing to the 
Tapeworm robbing the body of so much nour- 
ishment, absorbing the strength of all food 
eaten, which in nearly every instance sooner or 
later causes great emaciation, exhaustion, and 
loss of flesh, also obstruction of the bowels and 
other diseases. 

CURES. 

First I wish to say, before preparing any one of 
the following formulas and taking it yourself or 
administering it to others, it is always better for 
the patient, and a surer expulsion of the Tape- 
worm, that the following preparatory treatment 
should be precisely carried out: The night pre- 



THE TAPEWORMS. 1 29 

vious to taking the Tapeworm medicine take a 
good dose of physic, of any sort that will freely 
move the bowels and thoroughly cleanse them 
from mucus, etc. The next day, which is the 
same day that the bowels are being cleaned out, 
for at least two meals — breakfast and dinner — 
live on a plain, low diet of only buttered bread 
and garlic with plenty of salt on both. If the 
garlic cannot be obtained, eat instead strong 
salted onions, salt herrings, or salt mackerel, 
fried, but garlic acts the best. Drink no 
other kind of liquids than salted milk, or 
in place of the milk an occasional mouth- 
ful of plain wine, or cider, eating no sup- 
per that day. These aforesaid mentioned 
foods possess natural vermifuge properties 
and flavors that the Tapeworm dislikes 
very much, and it will starve for at least one 
meal before it will eat or partake of them, and 
w T hen it does, being somewhat weakened from 
fasting, it immediately becomes sick, without 
having taken one particle of Tapeworm medi- 
cine for its final removal. Then any of the fol- 
lowing formulas, which carefully read, will ex- 
pel the worm if taken as directed. And for the 
successful removal of the worm, the directions 
of whichever formula you wish to try or use 
given in this book must be carefully followed or 



130 THE TAPEWORMS. 

carried out if you expect to remove the Tape- 
worm completely. 

Carefully Read How to Find the Head. — 
When the bowels once begin to move after a 
Tapeworm medicine has been taken, the 
patient should sit upon a vessel or pail 
filled half or two-thirds full of water. In 
this way the Worm, in coming* away, is 
not apt to be broken into pieces by its 
own weight. Where, otherwise, in some cases 
the slender neck and the small head of the Worm 
are generally the last things or parts to come 
away, it might or is apt to be severed in the act 
of expulsion, and for the time lost or remain 
back or come away afterward unobserved, which 
it sometimes does. So, when once the Tape- 
worm begins to come away or pass from the 
bowels, which can be felt, great care must be 
taken not to break it off at the small part, for if 
even the head is left it will grow again. It has 
this w r onderfully peculiar property or gift. 
After it has come away take a small, smooth 
stick, carefully stir it around in the bottom of the 
discharged stool in the receptacle, and when 
found lift it out and put it into a clean washbowl 
or basin of water, rinse it off a few times by 
gently stirring it around in the clean water, 
which should be changed as often as it is neces- 



THE TAPEWORMS. 131 

sary, to clean the Worm. Then, with a small 
smooth, sharp stick, find the neck or small slen- 
der part of the Worm, where, at its end, you will 
find a little black or dark-colored head, which if 
not found there, look for it in the discharge. 
This little head, and a short piece of the smallest 
part of the neck back of it, are sometimes broken 
off in feeling around after the Worm or when 
the main part of the Worm is coming away. 
And if you will slowly pour off the discharge 
and, if necessary, add clean water to it once or 
twice more, you will find or come across it, when 
it can be cleaned and examined. So unless you 
go to this trouble, it is often lost and always very 
difficult to find in the discharge, but it is gener- 
ally there if the directions of any one of these 
formulas have been faithfully followed from be- 
ginning to end. 

And remember that a Tapeworm medicine 
should never be given to a very weak or sickly 
person, such as one who has a chronic disease, 
like' consumption, etc., or to a woman who is in 
the " family way," or to a young child, unless 
authorized or prescribed by a physician. Also 
note: After taking a Tapeworm medicine of any 
kind, if it should cause severe pains or cramps 
throughout the abdomen, which once in a while 
it does, although very seldom in my experience; 



132 THE TAPEWORMS. 

but if it should in your case, as soon as the Worm 
is discharged or has come away, to counteract 
the pain or griping take a tablespoonful of Cali- 
fornia brandy in two tablespoonfuls of warm 
water or a teaspoonful of spirits of camphor, or 
any good liniment, in the same amount of water. 
Then once in a while, in certain persons, it 
causes dizziness or headache, which will do no 
harm and pass off as soon as the Worm is ex- 
pelled or has taken its departure. 

CURES. 

No. i Formula. — For a Grown Person. 

Take enough of well-dried, ripe pumpkin 
seeds, after the outside thin husks — sometimes 
called shucks or shells — are removed from them, 
so that there will be six ounces of the inside 
meats by weight. Bruise or pulverize them all 
in a mortar or on a hardwood board, or in a 
porcelain dish, to as fine a pulp as possible. 
Take one-half by weight (three ounces), put 
them into a small cooking utensil of any kind, 
and add one pint of very hot water, stirring 
thoroughly several times while steeping, which 
it should do for half an hour. First, before tak- 
ing, fast two meals, and on the day before fast- 
ing thoroughly clean out the stomach and 



THE TAPEWORMS. 133 

bowels from mucus, slime, etc., with a good 
cathartic or physic; after having not taken any 
breakfast or dinner, eat this whole pint of 
pumpkin seed meats, in mashed form, warmed, 
for supper, and a little added if preferable, omit- 
ting all other food or drink, and soon after lie 
down or go to bed. As soon as awake the next 
or following morning, prepare the other half, or 
three ounces, of pumpkin seed meats in the same 
way, which eat for breakfast, and immediately 
after lie down. Two or three hours later take 
at least one and one-half or two large table- 
spoonfuls of castor oil in a little orange or lemon 
juice, and again lie down in bed, keeping very 
quiet, and on no account eat or drink anything 
until after the Worm has come away, which it 
will generally do with the first movement of the 
bowels, but sometimes not until after they have 
moved or operated several times. But by all 
means lie down and keep very quiet, if necessary, 
for three or four hours. The whole secret is, 
after any kind of physic or the castor oil is taken, 
to keep as quiet and still as possible in a reclining 
position, no matter what your feelings are. If 
this is done the Worm in his agony will let go his 
hold; settle down immediately; force himself out 
of the intestines; and come away head, neck, and 
body, which will happen every time if the afore- 



134 THE TAPEWORMS. 

said instructions are faithfully carried out. 
Where, otherwise, the patient moves about and 
e'ats or drinks anything, the Worm will nine 
times out of ten break itself off back of the head 
or small part of the neck, and in a few months 
you will have a new Tapeworm body formed on 
the old head. 

For children give from one-third to one-half 
the above amount at a dose. 

No. 2. — For a Grown Person. 

Have a druggist prepare for you as follows: 

Glycerin I ounce 

Chloroform I dram 

Croton Oil I drop 

Mix thoroughly, and take the whole in one 
dose in the morning on an empty stomach, 
omitting all other food and drink until after the 
expulsion of the Tapeworm. Also take no 
supper the night before, and the following two 
meals — breakfast and dinner — make out of but- 
tered bread and salt fried herrings or mackerel; 
if very thirsty during the day, drink a glass or 
two of salted milk. After taking the above 
medicine, lie down quietly until the Worm 
comes away. If the bowels do not move inside 



THE TAPEWORMS. 135 

of one or two hours after the above dose is swal- 
lowed, immediately take one or, if necessary, two 
tablespoonfuls of castor oil, in a little orange or 
lemon juice, but generally it is not necessary to 
take the castor oil. This is a sure preparation, 
and for many years has been largely used with 
great success by the medical profession of this 
country. 

No. 3. — Chestnut-Burr Tea. 

This is also a very sure preparation, harmless 
to take and easily prepared, and will remove a 
Tapeworm entire every time, if the following di- 
rections are faithfully carried out: Early in the 
fall pick directly from a tree five large green 
Chestnut Burrs, at the time when the young 
chestnuts inside of them are about three-fourths 
grown, or when the shells or shucks on the nuts 
look white and are free from color. Pound the 
burrs on the front end enough so the nuts inside 
of them can be seen, after which put them all into 
a two-quart tin pail and pour one quart of boil- 
ing water over them; let them steep, covered, 
for three hours. Before taking, fast one meal in 
this way: Make a breakfast out of salt fried fish 
such as herrings, mackerel, and a little bread and 
butter. Eat no dinner, and drink one-half of 
this chestnut-burr tea for supper and the other 



I36 THE TAPEWORMS. 

half for breakfast, and, on no account, eat or 
drink anything, unless to suck a lemon, until 
after the expulsion of the Worm. 

N. B. — After taking the second dose of tea in 
the morning, except when the bowels have to 
move, lie down and keep very quiet until the 
Worm comes away. If the bowels do not move 
freely w 7 ithin two hours after the last dose of 
medicine is taken, take one or two tablespoon- 
fuls of castor oil in a little orange or lemon juice. 
But in my experience it has never been necessary 
to give anything to make the bowels move, as 
there generally is purge or physic enough in the 
chestnut-burr tea, and sometimes too much. 

No. 4. — For a Grown Person. 

Fast or eat a very light breakfast, less for din- 
ner (read page 129), and no supper; half an hour 
before retiring mix two drams of Essence of Ber- 
gamot with one ounce, or two tablespoonfuls, 
of strained Honey; or instead use four, or not 
over five, grains of Santonin or one-fourth of an 
ounce of Wormseed mixed with the same 
amount of Honey. There is not much choice be- 
tween either one of these three ingredients, so 
use whichever one you choose or is the least 
trouble to procure, and take it at one dose a few 



THE TAPEWORMS. 1 37 

minutes before getting into bed. The next or 
following morning have on hand each in sepa- 
rate small bottles : 

Oil of Male Fern \ ounce 

Oil of Turpentine \ ounce 

Glycerin \ ounce 

This should be taken in the juice of a small 
lemon, but first it should be prepared in the fol- 
lowing way: Squeeze the lemon juice into a tum- 
bler, pour or drop the oil of male fern into the 
center of the juice, over which pour the 
glycerin, and lastly add the turpentine; and with- 
out trying to mix the ingredients together, swal- 
low the whole at one dose, on an empty stomach, 
after which lie down and keep as quiet as you 
can. If necessary, suck a little more juice out of 
the end of a lemon, to become rid of or remove 
the bad or disagreeable taste of the medicine in 
the mouth, and to avoid nausea or keep from 
vomiting it up, which otherwise some persons 
would do who have a weak or sensitive stomach. 
Also abstain from all other food or drink until 
after the Tapeworm has come away, which it will 
generally do in from one to three, or at the long- 
est four, hours. This is the most popular for- 
mula used by the M. D.'s of the present day. 



I38 THE TAPEWORMS. 

N. B. — For a child from six to nine years old 
give one teaspoonful and the other ingredients 
in proportion. 

No. 5. — Kousso-Flower Tea. 

Buy at a drugstore four and one-half drams of 
pulverized Kousso Flowers, and they should be 
reduced to the finest kind of a powder, which a 
short time before taking put into a little over 
one-third of a pint of warm or hot water; let it 
steep, but not boil, which keep warm, covered, 
for twenty minutes. First, live on a light low 
diet for one day in this way: Make a breakfast 
and dinner out of fried salt mackerel or salt fish 
of any kind, or raw salted onions and buttered 
bread (see page 129). Eat no supper, but instead 
take a cathartic of salts or pills, so as to have the 
bowels in a solvent or loose condition, and they 
ought to move at least once or twice during the 
night; as the salt food is very binding to some 
persons, enough physic should be taken to move 
the bowels freely. The next or following morn- 
ing prepare the kousso flowers in the above or 
aforesaid way. First, stir up thoroughly and 
take it, dregs and all, in one, two, or three doses; 
follow each other, or dose, every few minutes, 
if not all taken at one time, with a little lemon 



THE TAPEWORMS. 139 

juice, which may be sucked out of the end of a 
lemon. This is to prevent nausea or vomiting, 
which sometimes occurs after it is taken. The 
lemon can be sucked before, during, or after the 
medicine (kousso flowers). Two hours later, or 
after taking the above medicine, mix together 
the following quick-purge emulsion and take it 
all at one dose: Turpentine, one-half ounce, or 
one tablespoonful; Castor Oil, from one-half to a 
whole ounce, or from one to two tablespoonfuls. 

After swallowing this last combination, suck 
a little more juice from a lemon and lie down. 
Now from the time the first dose of kousso- 
flower tea is taken until the Worm comes away, 
the patient must lie down and keep very quiet 
and as still as he can, the same as in all of the 
previous Tapeworm formulas given in this book. 
Only get up when it is necessary, or when the 
bowels have to move. And on no account eat 
or drink anything on the morning before tak- 
ing the medicine, and for several hours after the 
Worm has come away. 

N. B. — My experience with kousso flowers is, 
if the directions are faithfully carried out, I have 
found them to be absolutely sure in expelling the 
Worm whole, and most generally alive, showing 
considerable motion for some time after it has 
come away from the patient. 



140 THE TAPEWORMS. 

No. 6. — Pomegranate-Bark Tea. 

Take of fresh powdered Pomegranate-root 
Bark of the very best quality, not over one year 
old, a half-pound, which put into a suitable cook- 
ing utensil (porcelain-lined is the best) or a new 
tin pail, upon which pour one quart and one- 
half pint of very hot water; stir up well, cover 
lightly, and let the mixture stand on the back 
part of the stove for two hours. Then steep or 
boil slowly, reducing it to one quart; strain the 
whole through a fine strainer or cloth, after 
which divide it up into three parts or doses, 
which will make each dose six ounces or three- 
fourths of a pint. One dose should be taken 
every two hours, or two hours apart. N. B. — 
Just before taking, while hot, to every dose or 
six ounces of the decoction or tea add one dram 
of Fluid Extract of Jalap and five or eight drops 
of the Oil of Anise, which should be stirred in 
thoroughly. The medicine must be taken or 
drunk hot, or, otherwise, it generally sick- 
ens a little or causes nausea. A lemon 
may or should be sucked while, before, or 
after this is being taken. It can be all 
drunk at one time, or a few minutes apart, but 
the quicker it is in the stomach the better it is 
for the speedy death and removal of the Worm. 



THE TAPEWORMS. 14I 

After the decoction is taken the patient must lie 
down and keep very quiet. The dose should be 
repeated every two hours until the Worm is ex- 
pelled; sometimes it will come away after the 
first dose is taken, and at other times not until 
after the second or third dose is taken. If the 
Tapeworm comes away after taking the first or 
second dose do not take any more of the medi- 
cine. A thorough examination of the dis- 
charge should be made after every movement of 
the bowels, after the first dose is taken; and if 
the head and slender neck of the Worm do not 
appear in the discharged matter or evacuation, it 
is best to take a second dose of the medicine and 
await its action; and in all cases if the bowels 
have not moved after the first dose is taken, and 
within one hour after the swallowing of the sec- 
ond dose, take a large dose of castor oil in a little 
lemon or orange juice. 

N. B. — Before taking this medicine or any 
other Tapeworm medicine read page 129, which 
I will once more repeat in the following few 
words: First, before taking this medicine live one 
day, or at least two meals — -breakfast and dinner 
— on a low diet of salt fried mackerel or herrings, 
onions or garlic, milk with salt in it, and but- 
tered bread (see page 129). Eat no supper, and 
before retiring, at nine or ten p. m., take a large 



142 WORMS IN HORSES. 

dose of Epsom or Rochelle salts or any other 
good cathartic. Enough should be taken to 
move the bowels freely once or twice during the 
night; the next or following morning take the 
pomegranate-bark tea as given heretofore, which 
should be prepared the night before. Then all 
that is necessary to do in the morning is to heat 
up the dose, add the jalap and anise oil to it, and 
take it as hot as you can. Very special attention 
must be given to the above directions of this 
formula, as well as of all the other Tapeworm 
formulas, if you expect to get the head, neck, 
and body of the Worm without it being broken 
into pieces. So be faithful, carry out every- 
thing as given or directed, «~nd success will be 
met with in expelling the Worm completely. 



WORMS IN HORSES. 

For the benefit of all who are interested in or 
are owners of one or more horses, I give the fol- 
lowing two reliable formulas for the extermina- 
tion and prevention of Bots and Worms, with 
which so many horses are commonly troubled, 
and which are one of the worst afflictions that 
the horse is heir to. 



WORMS IN HORSES. 143 

BOTS. 

No. 1. — A Sure One-Hour Cure for Bots in 
Horses. 

Symptoms. — When a horse is attacked with 
Bots, or has them to any extent, it may be easily 
known or noticed by the occasional nipping at 
their sides and also by red pimples or dotted pro- 
jections or elevations on the inner surface of the 
upper lip, which may be plainly seen by turning 
up the lip. 

First Treatment. 

Thoroughly mix together: 

New Milk 2 quarts 

Molasses 1 quart 

Give the horse this whole amount at one dose. 

Second Treatment. 

Fifteen, or not over twenty, minutes afterward 
give a second dose of two quarts of warm, strong 
Sage Tea, using four ounces of dry Sage to a 
little over two quarts of hot water, which, after 
it is made and bottled ready for use, should or 
can be kept warm by placing the same in half a 
pail of warm water. 



144 WORMS IN HORSES. 

Third, and Last, Treatment. 

Half an hour after the Sage Tea has been 
given to the horse, prepare as follows: 

Lard (melted) 3 pints 

Fine Salt (three rounding tablespoon- 

fuls) or 3 ounces 

Which thoroughly mix together in a dish; 
while hot pour into one or two large long- 
neck bottles, and give the whole at one dose 
while warm and thin, so it will easily run down 
the horse's throat. This mixture should be pre- 
pared and kept in a liquefied state ready for use 
the same as the Sage Tea (in half a pail of very 
warm water. This one combined treatment, 
given as stated above, is all that is necessary to 
make a complete cure. 

N. B. — First, you will see that the milk and 
molasses cause the Bots to entirely let go their 
hold in order to partake or eat of the milk and 
molasses. Second, the sage tea instantly puck- 
ers them up so they are unable to regain their 
hold or do anything just then or at that time. 
And, lastly, the grease or lard and salt sickens 
or kills them right there and then and also car- 
ries them entirely away from their holding place 
and finally out of the body, which ends the Bots. 



WORMS IN HORSES. 145 

If you have any doubts, I will say here the same 
as the great Dr. A. Reynolds told me when he 
gave me this formula: "'One trial will satisfy you 
perfectly of its efficacy." 

To prevent a recurrence of them, especially if 
a horse is inclined to have them, give two or 
three times a year a small handful of finely sifted 
hardwood ashes in some cut feed or mixed with 
meal or bran, which will prevent them and also 
worms. 

WORMS. 

Symptoms. — The horse eats well but will not 
thrive, feels logy, his belly gets big, his hair stays 
and looks rough, etc. 

Wormseed and Flaxseed Horse-Worm Ex- 
terminator. 

No. i Formula. 

First, if you have not on hand, buy four quarts 
of Flaxseed and eight ounces of Wormseed, 
which will last eight days; and give or feed the 
whole to the horse as follows: At night, between 
supper and bedtime, measure out a full pint of 
the Flaxseed for a very large horse and a little 
less for a small horse; also one ounce, or three 
heaping tablespoonfuls, of the Wormseed, 



146 WORMS IN HORSES. 

which mix with the Flaxseed and put the whole 
into a pail, over which pour tw r o quarts of very 
hot or boiling water; stir up well and cover 
tightly with a thick blanket, which leave on until 
the next or following morning, when the whole 
should be fed to the horse, either in cut feed or 
mixed with a quart or two of bran. 

This is a little slow in working, but it is one 
of the best, surest, and most harmless Worm 
medicines that can be given to the horse, 
whereas so many of the other preparations that 
are given to horses do more harm than good. I 
have known of horses where they never entirely 
recovered from the effect, which was owing to 
the animal being weakened by the strong medi- 
cine, then watered, and used too soon; also tak- 
ing cold, etc. 

And it is a true fact that not more than one 
horse out of four, after taking such a medicine, 
passed a single worm, w r hereas this formula re- 
quires no fasting or detention from using. I ob- 
tained this several years ago from an old circus 
horse-doctor, who had used it with the greatest 
success for over thirty-five years. 

No. 2. — Copperas Horse-Worm Killer. 
Take of dry, finely pulverized or powdered Cop- 



WORMS IN HORSES. 147 

peras (Sulphate of Iron) one dram, which fills a 
teaspoon a little over even full; divide this into 
four parts or powders so- that each one will con- 
tain fifteen grains when accurately weighed out. 
Give one of these powders to the horse at night 
for two successive nights, mixed with a handful 
of meal or bran. It should be given on an 
empty stomach at least one hour before it is fed 
its supper. After having given the first two 
powders, wait a week or ten days and give the 
other two powders in the same way; and that 
ends the Worms in the horse. Generally it is 
not necessary to give the last two powders at all. 
N. B. — The copperas can be obtained already 
prepared at any drugstore, and only costs a few 
cents. 



No. 3. 

Another sure and excellent thing to- remove 
all kinds of Worms from a horse is pulverized or 
powdered Areca Nut, of which buy at least four 
ounces, and give a heaping teaspoonful three 
times a day — mornings and noons — mixed and 
given with cut feed or on dampened oats, and at 
night with the same amount of salt added, stirred 
in a quart or two of lukewarm bran-mash or 
scalded oats, which should be prepared with very 



I48 WORMS IN HORSES. 

hot water two or three hours before either one 
are given or fed. 

N. B. — The areca nut can be obtained at any 
drugstore, and should be given three times a 
day for at least one week. 



PART V., VOL, L 

FELONS OR WHITLOW. 

This fifth part of Volume I. treats on Weak 
Hands, Felons, etc., giving the symptoms, 
causes, preventions, and a large number of the 
very best treatments and - formulas for their 
cures; also how to kill or break a Felon up in 
one day or less, if treated when it first starts, 
which can easily be done without very much 
trouble, thus saving a world of misery and pain; 
also money saved in the way of doctors' bills, loss 
of time from w r ork or business. 

Whitlow, or Felon, which so many persons 
have or have had at some certain period of their 
life, is an inflammation of the joints, and in most 
cases is developed near the ends of the thumb 
and fingers, or on the last joint, and often situ- 
ated at the root of the nail; though it may also 
appear on the other joints, also on the toes. 

It is caused by slivers, flesh wounds, hurts, 
bruises, impure blood, and sometimes by cer- 
tain other irritations, such as long-con- 
149 



150 FELONS OR WHITLOW. 

tinued pressures, etc., which inflame or 
disease the part or root of or about the 
nail in such a manner that a semicircle 
of matter, constituting what is commonly 
called a Ring or Runround, is formed. Felons 
are quite common among those who are con- 
stantly using their hands at hard work. There 
are three kinds or stages of the affection, which, 
if allowed to continue or proceed without inter- 
ference until matter (pus) forms, then become, 
generally, an affection of the bone-sheathing; 
and lancing or opening the skin by poulticing 
to draw out the matter is at once necessary, in 
order that the pain subside and wound heal. 

The first stage of the disease is situated under 
the surface of the skin and around the nail; the 
second stage is deeper down under the surface 
and inner part of the end of the finger; the third 
stage is generally within the sheath or 
deep texture that contains the tendons of the 
fingers, and sometimes involves the periosteum 
or covering of the bone.- The latter form of the 
disease is sometimes terrible, the pain becom- 
ing so severe as to banish all sleep for several 
days. I have seen thousands of persons in my 
travels where it caused the loss of one or more 
bones of the fingers, which were also badly dis- 
figured. 



FELONS OR WHITLOW. 151 

Symptoms. — The first ones usually produced 
by a Felon are a pricking sensation similar to 
that caused from a sliver or brier; then heat, 
swelling, redness, and sometimes the most deep- 
seated and intense beating and throbbing, burn- 
ing pain. In its third or last stage it affects 
the entire finger, hand, and sometimes the arm. 
The first thing a person will notice is that 
the skin near the affected part becomes red and 
swollen, then they generally will look for a sliver, 
which is supposed to be under the pulp of the 
affected part of the finger, usually near the nail. 
Now, if you don't find anything near the surface 
which causes the soreness or inflammation, you 
may as well make up your mind that a Felon has 
started, and the sooner you commence war 
against it the better. The main thing in a Felon 
or disease of this kind is to kill it just as soon 
as it makes its first appearance, or as soon as you 
perceive any of the symptoms given heretofore. 

Cures. — Once more allow me to say any of the 
following treatments, if resorted to when you 
first feel any soreness or pain, will kill or cure a 
Felon or Runround in one day, sometimes in a 
few hours. There are a great many more cures 
for Felons, but not any of them are anywhere 
near as good as those given hereafter, which are 



152 FELONS OR WHITLOW. 

the best, as all others require ten times more 
time, trouble, and labor to prepare, which not 
one person in a hundred in these " hurrying " 
times will do. 

No. i. — A One-Day Cure. 

As soon as the disease is felt and the part be- 
gins to swell, steam, bathe, or, better, immerse 
the diseased part or finger upon which the Felon 
is situated frequently in strong lye-water as long 
and as hot as can be borne several times a day. 
The lye-w r ater is made by putting into an earthen 
crock or a two-quart tin pail a good-sized hand- 
ful of wood ashes, upon which pour one quart of 
hot water; stir it up well for a few minutes on the 
top of a hot stove, then immerse or plunge the 
finger, or even the whole hand if necessary, in it 
as long and as hot as can be borne, which should 
be left in for at least five minutes or until the 
pain is gone or has subsided. Do this several 
times during the day, the oftener the better, and 
you are cured — the Felon is dead. This is one of 
the surest formulas to be found, and can be pre- 
pared by anyone in a few minutes. 

No. 2. — One of the Best. 

As soon as what you think is a Felon makes 
its appearance, stir into a pint of strong Cider 



FELONS OR WHITLOW. 1 53 

Vinegar two heaping tablespoonfuls of common 
Baking Soda or Saleratus; then slowly heat this 
on the stove, and when hot plunge the finger or 
part affected into it as hot as can be borne, which 
leave in for several minutes, and repeat during 
the day as often as the pain returns. This treat- 
ment will kill it nine times out of ten in one day, 
especially if it is a combination of the Runround 
with a Felon. 

No. 3. — Equally as Good. 

This is also one of the best treatments, but a 
little more trouble to prepare. As soon as the 
parts begin to get sore, swell, and look red, take 
a teacupful of Soft Soap and stir into it equal 
parts by measure of common Table Salt and air- 
slacked Lime until it becomes of the consistency 
of glaziers' putty. Make a poultice of this mix- 
ture and bind it upon the affected part, and re- 
new it every four or six hours; or make a large 
leather thimble, or take a small, round, empty, 
tin spice can and fill it with this composition, and 
insert the finger therein, leaving it in as long as 
can be borne; if necessary, take it out Once or 
twice and give it a rest. If this treatment is ap- 
plied in the beginning, the earlier the better, 
sometimes a complete cure will be effected in a 
few hours. 



154 FELONS OR WHITLOW. 

No. 4. — One that is Sure. 

This formula and poultice I obtained from a 
doctor in New Jersey, who said he had used 
them several times with great success, especially 
the No. 5 poultice, after other treatments had 
failed on the Felon when it first started. This 
or the next one can be tried. Just before lanc- 
ing, first soak for ten minutes the part or finger 
affected in strong hot Soda Water, then put di- 
rectly over the sore spot a Fly Blister the size of 
a nickel (five-cent piece), which can be obtained 
at any drugstore; leave this on for three hours, 
and then remove it and once more again soak 
the affected part in very hot water for a few min- 
utes, after which put on a second fresh Fly Blis- 
ter, the same as the first one, which leave on for 
three hours more, at the expiration of which 
time directly under the surface of the skin or 
center of the swelling may be seen a small gray- 
ish-white substance, which is a formation of mat- 
ter that can be taken out by making an opening 
with a small sharp knife blade, lancet, or a large 
needle. If this treatment or the next one fails 
to draw it to the surface in a short time resort to 
No. 6. 



FELONS OR WHITLOW. 1 55 

No. 5. — To Draw a Felon Quickly to a Head. 

Make a poultice as follows: Crumble up fine 
two square soda crackers, which stir into cold 
milk enough to make it the consistency of 
paste; then add or stir in a heaping teaspoonful 
of pulverized (ground) Ginger Root; bind one 
half of this paste upon the Felon and leave it on 
for a few hours; then remove, and bind on the 
other half. This treatment is very soothing, in- 
stantly removing all pain, ripening the Felon and 
drawing it to a head the quickest of any known 
thing. Now, if all of the aforesaid treatments 
fail inside of two or three days, which shows that 
it persists in forming, you can satisfy yourself at 
once that it is to be a Bone Felon, which is 
owing to your having waited too long in the be- 
ginning to kill it or draw it to a head with the 
aforesaid poultices, which, although wonderful, 
sometimes work very slowly on some persons. 
In this case resort to the following treatment. 

No. 6. — For Bone Felons. 

Have it lanced by a doctor, and be sure that 
the cut is broad enough and deep enough to let 
out all the matter easily; and the lance should 
be carried down to the bone, for if this be ne- 
glected too long the bone will become affected 



156 FELONS OR WHITLOW. 

and perhaps destroyed. This is the only sure 
way to avoid deformity and perhaps even the loss 
of a joint. After this apply any good drawing 
poultice, such as Bread and Milk or equal parts 
of Linseed and Slippery Elm. Use as long as it 
is necessary. 

No. 7. — Last, but not Least. 

This formula for a Felon has been going the 
rounds of nearly all of the " family " papers. It 
is claimed that it will do wonders; and it only 
costs a trifle to try it, so I give it a place in this 
book. The discoverer claims that Oil of Orig- 
anum, one ounce, or in place use one ounce 
Tincture of Lobelia, with a small lump of Gum 
Camphor sprinkled into either one, as much as 
they will cut. It is claimed as an infallible cure 
for a Felon in all of its stages] never fails — cures 
the worst cases. It should be applied fre- 
quently and used freely, first soaking the affected 
part or finger in it and wrapping strips of cotton 
cloth, thoroughly saturated with the clear oil or 
tincture, around the affected part or Felon. I 
have never tried it upon anyone, so I cannot 
vouch for its goodness or efficacy. The Tinc- 
ture of Lobelia or the Oil of Origanum and Canir 
phor can generally be obtained at any store. 



FELONS OR WHITLOW. 1 57 

The same it is claimed will also scatter or break 
up a boil in its first stages. As soon as the boil 
makes its appearance, dip the ends of one or 
two fingers into the liquid and rub well the in- 
flamed surface, especially the red middle portion, 
for at least half a minute; allow it each time to 
dry in thoroughly. Perform this operation 
every hour during the day, which in almost all 
cases causes the Boil to dry up and disappear 
after one day's use. 

For weak hands and wrists, nights before re- 
tiring apply and well rub in a little of the " Magi- 
cal Wonder Liniment " (see page 9, Vol. I.), 
which will strengthen and cure them in a 
very short time. 



PART VL, VOL. L 

BALDNESS, HAIR FALLING OUT, ETC. 

This sixth part of Volume I. treats entirely on 
the common diseases of the scalp and hair, such 
as its shedding or falling out badly, Baldness, 
Partial Baldness, Dandruff, Itchy Scales; Scalp 
Diseases where the hair falls out in circular 
patches or spots, called Alopecia areata, etc.; 
giving a plain description of the symptoms, 
causes, preventions, and a large number of the 
very best treatments and formulas which can be 
prepared by any person for the cure or restora- 
tion of the hair and scalp to a healthy condition, 
which everybody, old or youngf, in these modern 
times is interested in. Also several harmless 
formulas for coloring the hair dark-brown or 
black. 



THE HUMAN HAIR. 

How to care for it when you have it, and what 
to do for it when you have lost or are los- 
ing it. 

The greatest charm and the possession of a 
beautiful luxuriant suit or head of hair is 

159 



l6o THE HUMAN HAIR. 

much coveted and admired by old and young, 
rich and poor; but especially, above all, the 
ladies; and its loss is always much dreaded by 
everyone. Hair is an appendage of the skin, 
and has its roots in follicles or little jug-shaped 
bags. At the root or bottom of each bag is a 
tiny bulb from which the nutriment is supplied. 
As long as these bulbs, called papillae (the ele- 
ment or substance for the growth of the hair), 
remain in a healthy condition, the hair will con- 
tinue to grow; but when it falls out, it is for the 
want of nourishment or from defect of some kind 
in the hair follicles, from which the hair is de- 
veloped. It dies just as a blade of grass dies in 
soil where there is no moisture. A human hair 
is nothing more nor less than a blade of grass, 
and derives its formation from the skin, and 
must be treated locally to a certain extent to im- 
prove and restore it to health. This want of 
nourishment is only functional. The papillae or 
substance that makes the hair remain in the bot- 
tom of the hair-sac forever, but is inactive or 
out of order and makes it imperfect so the hair 
being imperfectly nourished is dry, scant, or a 
mere furze, according to the degree of defective 
nourishment, the cause of the falling off of the 
hair from the crown of the head and sometimes 
from the whole scalp and body, often occurring 



THE HUMAN HAIR. l6l 

at a very early age of life, are many and nearly 
all, if neglected, enough to affect the glands of 
the cuticule, which secrete the roots or bulbs 
of the hair, and lead to eventual baldness. 

So it is of the first importance that the scalp 
be well brushed, kept clean, the pores open, and 
the processes of nutritive supply free, active, and 
in a healthy state. No feature of personal 
adornment is more important or essential to 
comeliness than the hair. A fine head of hair 
is the crowning glory of man or woman. And 
it is strange that the hair is neglected so much, 
especially by young people. In cases of slight 
bodily ailments the advice of a physician is gen- 
erally sought, while the loss of hair in its first 
stages, although deserving just as much atten- 
tion, is rarely ever considered as anything that 
needs looking after, and thus carelessly is laid 
the foundation for early baldness. When it is 
the simplest matter to preserve the hair in its 
full strength and beauty, it would seem as 
though such neglect could not occur. 

Any of these formulas will do what is claimed 
for them, but first allow me to say that when the 
scalp is in any part or all over entirely bare of 
hair or furze and has become shiny or glistening, 
there is no remedy on earth that will grow a head 
of hair there; but if it has a good growth of small 



162 THE HUMAN HAIR. 

fine hair, sometimes called a furze, over the top 
of the scalp, there . can be something done 
for it. 

But bear in mind: The longer the hair has 
been diseased or out, the longer it takes to bring 
it back. So do not carry the idea that after 
using any of the following preparations on your 
head for ten days or so, you are going to see 
hair there three inches long. 

To improve the growth of hair, stop its falling 
out, and prevent scalp diseases, baldness, etc., 
all it requires is to follow these rules: 

First, Whatever you wear on the head dur- 
ing the daytime, summer or winter, have it as 
light in weight as you can find; and when in- 
doors wear nothing on the hair, unless when 
asleep. 

Secondly, If you sleep in a cold room, at night 
w r ear something thin and light over it, so that 
the head will have nearly the same even tem- 
perature as in the daytime, which is a wonderful 
preventive against all kinds of baldness. 

Thirdly, Don't wear close fur or rubber caps 
or hot hats of any kind if your hair is thin or 
falling out, or especially if you perspire freely, 
for either one will ruin the best head of hair on 
earth in a short time. If you are obliged to wear 
anything of the kind all the time, have it well 



THE HUMAN HAIR. 163 

ventilated and tip it back or take it off as often 
as you can or is convenient. 

Fourthly, Nights and mornings brush or rub 
the scalp all over with the ends of the fingers, 
having the nails cut short so as not to scratch 
the scalp. Do this for at least from two to five 
minutes, until the scalp becomes red and a warm 
glow is felt. This is a powerful stimulant for 
the scalp and hair, it will strengthen and improve 
it in a short time. It is one of the best foods 
that can be given to the hair foundation and to 
stay its falling off. ^ 

Fifthly, Don't put water on your head every 
morning unless there is something healing and 
stimulating in it that is good or a food for the 
hair and scalp; for the oftener you wash or wet 
it with clear water, especially hard water, the 
worse off you will be. 

Here is what Professor Erasmus Wilson, who 
is the highest living authority on the subject of 
hair, lately said in a course of lectures on the 
scalp and hair before the College of Surgeons in 
London, England. The following is an ab- 
stract: " Cleanliness is insisted upon as of prime 
importance, but washing the hair is emphatically 
condemned. Brushing and rubbing it is to be 
preferred above all, as it promotes circulation, 
removes scurf, scales, etc., and is in all respects 



164 THE HUMAN HAIR. 

a more effective stimulant than water." Cut- 
ting does not encourage growth as much as is 
commonly believed, but is advantageous in the 
case of the short, slender hairs, generally called 
young hairs. ^ 

Sixthly, Don't shampoo or wash your head 
with soap and water if it is full of Dandruff, with 
the idea that it will cure it, for I want to tell you 
the oftener you wash it the faster Dandruff and 
scales will form, the thinner the hair will become, 
and before you know it the more beautifully bald 
you will be; but groom, comb, and brush it. 
The more you curry and brush a horse the finer 
and healthier his coat. And so with the hair. 
You would not think of washing or wetting a 
horse all over every day or morning. What is 
the difference? Did you ever see or hear of a 
bald-headed Indian? Do you think that they 
ever wash their greasy scalps? Never! But 
they do lots of grooming, braiding, crimping, 
and fussing upon it, and that is why there is not 
one woman bald where there are twenty men, 
although women generally wear long hair, which 
is more likely to fall out than short hair; and it 
is all due to this: Their heads are not covered 
indoors, and when out of doors what they wear 
does not closely fit the head, so plenty of air goes 
through it; then, instead of shampooing the head 



THE HUMAN HAIR. 165 

every day in the week and having the hair 
clipped every Sunday to keep it in, they let it 
grow, and rub it, brush it, crimp it, comb it, etc., 
which is wonderful food for diseased hair bulbs. 
Did it ever occur to you that the scalp wants ex- 
ercise and gets very little? 

The hair fades, sometimes turns white, grows 
rough and disobedient, because it is not fed. 
Direct a fuller flow of blood into the hair follicles 
and they will eat and grow young. So at bed- 
time unfasten your hair; first rub your hair all 
over, then brush it ; if your hair is thin and fall- 
ing out, rub it and brush it. If the parting is 
growing wider, rub it and brush it. The best 
brush to use is made of wild-boar bristles, the 
stififer the better — not too close, but capable of 
penetrating through the hair to the skin. It 
should be used at least twice a day, mornings 
and about ten minutes before going to bed. 
This makes a scalp brush as well as a hair brush. 
After through using keep it in a dry and airy 
place, otherwise the bristles will become soft and 
shimpsy; frequently wipe the comb and brush ofif 
with a towel, and always clean it after using. 
Now, if you have a good head of hair, and you 
want to keep it, rub and brush it, massage the 
scalp, knead and pinch it; and, my word for it, 
you will carry it to the grave, even if it has a 



l66 THE HUMAN HAIR. 

natural tendency to fall off or out, for the time 
to take care of a good head of hair is when you 
have it. Generally no oil or pomade is neces- 
sary, the natural secretion for lubricating the 
hair, where it is healthy, being sufficient. And, 
lastly, don't singe the ends of the hair with the 
idea of improving it. For it does no more good 
than to singe the ends of badly coming out 
straws of a broom in order to keep them in the 
butt of the handle. This practice has somewhat 
grown up, but it is altogether without reason. 

The following No. I formula is to prevent 
the hair from falling out; and if it has been com- 
ing out badly for some time, it is best, especially 
for men, to have it cut moderately short, but not 
enough to expose the scalp. Then nights and 
mornings give it a good rubbing or brushing for 
one or two minutes with a stiff brush while the 
hair is dry. Then apply the following prepara- 
tion every one or two mornings, rubbing it well 
into the scalp and about the roots of the hair, 
which will cure the worst case of Dandruff, pre- 
vent the hair from turning gray for many years, 
and makes a good tonic for hair falling out badly 
and for partial baldness. 



THE HUMAN HAIR. 167 

No. I. 

Rain Water '. 1 quart 

Flour of Sulphur 2 ounces 

Alcohol or Bay Rum : 2 ounces 

Glycerin 2 ounces 

Mix all together, and use a little every morn- 
ing or every other morning, rubbing it well into 
the roots of the hair. Shake it up thoroughly 
after using it, but not before. The object of 
shaking up nearly all these preparations is to 
promote further solution of the sulphur and 
other ingredients. 

No. 2. — A Good Hair Tonic and Dresser. 

This is very good, especially where the per- 
son's hair is naturally very dry and crisp. Make 
as follows: Grate up a small Nutmeg and mix 
the same amount of ground Cinnamon or Cin- 
namon Sticks broken into small pieces or pul- 
verized with it, and put this into eight ounces of 
pure Alcohol. This should be shaken up two 
or three times a day for a few days, then very 
carefully pour off the clear liquid or strain it 
through a piece of fine flannel or thick cotton 
cloth and add eight ounces of Witch Hazel and 
two ounces of Glycerin to it. Shake it up well 



l68 THE HUMAN HAIR. 

together and apply freely, once in two or three 
mornings, over the head, and rub it well into the 
roots of the hair. This makes a good hair tonic, 
will stop its falling out in a few days, thickens it 
up where it is thin, cures Dandruff, and keeps 
it in a natural, moist, and healthy condition all 
the time. I have watched the good effect of this 
preparation for over twenty years, and have 
never known it to fail in a single instance if faith- 
fully used. 

No. 3. — One of the Best. 

This makes one of the best hair preparations 
in the world. It will stop the worst case of hair 
falling out in one week, cure chronic scalp dis- 
eases such as Sores, Scalds and Itchy Heads, 
Dandruff, Scurf, Scabs, etc., stop hair from fall- 
ing out where it is -weak and sickly, and grow it 
back where it is thin and partially bald. Green 
Burdock Root, sliced very thm, three ounces (if 
you use or buy the dry Burdock Root at a drug- 
store, which generally is and should be ground 
like sawdust, only use two ounces), and hot soft 
water, enough to strain off one pint; let it steep 
well for three or four hours, then strain it off 
through a cloth and add one-half pint of the best 
California Brandy, two ounces of Glycerin, one- 
half ounce of Tincture of Cantharides, and two 



THE HUMAN HAIR. 169 

ounces of Flour of Sulphur. Mix. Shake up 
well after using, but not before. First rub or 
brush the scalp all over, especially where the hair 
is the thinnest, and use as follows: For hair fall- 
ing out badly use it every morning for one week, 
then less often ; for partial baldness, every morn- 
ing or until it thickens up, then every other 
morning. Apply enough on the top of the head, 
or where the hair is the thinnest, to thoroughly 
wet the skin, then with the ends of the fingers 
rub it well all over the scalp and into the roots of 
the hair. 

No. 4. — Nothing Superior. 

A very fine and harmless preparation for 
cleansing the scalp, preventing the hair from fall- 
ing off or out, also from turning gray, and re- 
storing gray or white hair to a dark-brown, is 
made as follows: Take of dry Sage Leaves one 
ounce, best Black Tea one ounce, and one heap- 
ing teaspoonful of common Eaking Soda. Put 
them all into a tin pail that has a tightly fitting 
cover, over which pour a little over one quart 
of soft boiling water, then thoroughly mix 
all together, after which cover and let 
steep for three hours on the part of the stove 
where it will not boil, but keep very hot; after 
which, if made in the summer time, put it down 



I70 THE HUMAN HAIR. 

cellar where it is cool, and if in the winter in a 
room where it will not freeze, and let it remain 
covered for one week.* Then press out all you 
can from the pulp, and strain the whole liquid 
or all through a thick cloth and add two ounces 
of Spirits of Camphor, one ounce of Glycerin, 
two ounces of Flour of Sulphur, one-half pound 
of small, rusty cut iron nails and one-half pint of 
Rum. Mix or shake up well; and when it is all 
settled, wet the hair and rub it well into the 
roots. It should be used about three or four 
times a week. Shake up well after using, but 
not before. This formula also makes a good 
hair tonic, cures Dandruff, etc. Only a little, or 
enough to wet the hair, need be used at one time, 
and morning is the best time to use it. 

Glycerin, vaseline, and castor oil are the only 
three oily substances that ought to be used on 
the hair. Glycerin is healing, and contains 
everything that is good for the hair; and the 
same can be said of castor oil. The oil of the 
castor bean, which has for many years been em- 
ployed to dress the hair, both among the savages 
and civilized nations, possesses properties which 
admirably adapt it to. this use. It should al- 
ways be dissolved or mixed with alcohol or bay 
rum; only a little oil is required. The following 
No. 5 also makes a fine hair tonic and dresser 



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where the hair is dry. It will stay its falling out, 
and grow new hair back and prevent baldness, 
etc. 

No. 5. 

Pure Alcohol - . . 1 pint 

Witch Hazel 4 ounces 

Castor Oil 2 ounces 

Oil of Bergamot and Lavender, 10 drops of each 

First put the oils into the alcohol, shake up 
well, and lastly add the witch hazel, and use as 
No. 2 or No. 3. 

Don't be afraid to rub or brush out hairs. 
They are dead hairs, and would come out sooner 
or later. If the hair falls out after a fever, any 
good hair tonic will grow it back again if used 
very soon after the patient recovers. 



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Any treatment for partial or entire Baldness 
must be persevered with for a long time, as the 
process of growing new hair where it has once 
fallen off is a very slow one. Yet the g*erms of 
the new hair may lie dormant for many years, 
and if given a chance for development by open- 



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ing up the contraction by irritating the skin of 
the scalp, it will resume its natural growth. Per- 
sons have grown new heads of hair after having 
been entirely bald for from eight to thirty years. 
The hair will grow on a corpse or dead person 
just as long as there is any moisture left in it. 
Many cases are cited where persons have been 
bald for many years, and, after they had died 
and had been buried for several years, were taken 
up to be removed to some other place and were 
found to have fine growths of hair on their bald 
heads. All of the following things or prepara- 
tions are among the best that can be used, and if 
they don't grow new hair on a bald head there 
is nothing that will, and experience will teach 
you so. 

No. i. — For Baldness or Partial Baldness, 

Rub the bald part mornings and evenings 
with a strong raw onion, after a thin slice has 
been cut off. Rub it until the spot looks red. 
The best way to do is to cut off a thin slice from 
the onion every time just before it is used; then 
plenty of juice will come or ooze out of it. After 
through using the onion, lay the cut side down 
on a plate and cover it over. The following 
makes a fine preparation, and there is no onion 



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smell about it, which, otherwise, might be offen- 
sive to some. Mix together equal parts, say- 
about two ounces, of the best Eau-de-Cologne 
and two ounces of Red Onion Juice, which can 
be obtained by pressing the juice out of small 
red onions with a lemon squeezer. This prep- 
aration should be rubbed on the scalp or where 
the hair is thin or bald every morning after rub- 
bing or brushing. If it should make the scalp 
too sore or tender, use it less often, It will do 
wonders. 

No. 2. — A Hair Grower. 

Aqua Ammonise I ounce 

Spirits Camphor I ounce 

Chloroform I ounce 

Aconite I ounce 

Oil of Lavender i dram 

. Mix, and shake up well before using. Rub it 
on the bald place every morning, or if it creates 
too much irritation occasionally skip or omit a 
morning. Apply it with a small fine-grained 
sponge. 

Kerosene Oil or any liniment that is strong 
enough to irritate or make the scalp red, after it 
has been rubbed on for a few mornings, will 
grow new hair, providing there is a strong 



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growth of fine hair all over the bald part, if used 
for three or four months steadily. It ought to 
be used nearly every morning, or enough to keep 
the bald place tender and looking red. 

Walnut-Shuck Hair Dye. 

Take a lot of green Walnut Shucks, grind or 
mash them into a pulp, then press the juice out 
of them with a lemon squeezer or two pieces of 
board made into a squeezer by nailing a piece 
of leather over one end and using the other end 
for a handle, which is as good as anything if you 
have nothing better at hand. To one pint of the 
juice add six ounces of pure Alcohol, which pre- 
serves it and is also a benefit to it as well as to 
the hair. Lastly add a small teaspoonful of 
ground Cloves and the same amount of ground 
Cinnamon, shake these all together several times 
a day for one week, when the clear portion 
should be poured off through several thicknesses 
df cotton cloth or druggists' filtering paper. 

Apply a little on the hair every morning or 
until it turns dark, then less often. Every day's 
usage will make the hair a few shades darker un- 
til it is a beautiful dark-brown, where it will re- 
main providing the dye is used three or four 
times a week. If the hair is naturally dry or 



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brittle a tablespoonful of Glycerin can be added 
to the mixture, and which will make the hair 
look rich and glossy. 

A Safe Hair Dye. 

There are many more preparations made from 
Nitrate of Silver, etc., for dying or coloring the 
hair which are very injurious unless applied by 
an expert ; but I give the following formula as it 
is the most harmless of them all, for which I can 
vouch, as I have seen a great many persons who 
have used it from ten to thirty years without the 
least mite of harm or ill effect. Take as follows: 

Sugar of Lead 6 drams 

Lac Sulphur 4 drams 

Glycerin 2 ounces 

Sage Tea 1 pint 

Use one ounce of dry sage to water enough to 
strain off one pint of the tea. The sage should 
steep for two hours. Then strain off, and when 
cold add the other ingredients to it and bottle 
for use. The directions for using the above are: 
First shake up well and pour out a little into a 
small dish, wetting the hair every day for six or 
eight days; then once or twice a week will be 
sufficient to keep the hair a very dark-brown 
shade or color. It should be thoroughly ap- 



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plied with a sponge or soft brush, and well 
rubbed or brushed in. This will change all gray 
or white hair to a dark-brawn color. Also pre- 
vents it from falling out, gives it a beautiful 
gloss, stimulates the scalp to a healthy action, 
and requires no washing of the hair before it is 
applied. 

There is another form of Baldness or scalp dis- 
ease called Alopecia areata, etc., where the hair 
falls out in spots or circular patches from the 
size of a ten-cent piece to that of a silver dollar; 
and usually the hair will disappear so completely 
that the surface is left as perfectly bare as the in- 
side of the hand. There may be one or two 
patches upon the scalp, or several absolutely 
bare circular spots with a good growth of hair 
around or between them; sometimes the disease 
shows itself in the beard, spreading all over the 
whole head, causing the eyelashes and eyebrows 
to fall out, and may sweep away every hair from 
the whole body. A head of this kind once seen 
will never be forgotten, and should be treated in 
this way — the quicker the better. As soon as a 
spot makes its appearance, have someone pull 
out all the hairs they can around the edge of the 
spot and put on the following harmless prepara- 
tion, which will check the disease and grow the 
new hair back in a few months, if used every day: 



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Turpentine I pint 

Croton Oil I dram 

Mix and apply on the bare spot or places with 
a little wad of cotton cloth or a small sponge, 
once a day. 

The best time is at night, one hour before go- 
ing to bed. If it should make the places too 
sore, now and then omit or skip a day or two. 
It ought to- be used often enough to keep the 
skin looking red, quite sore, and full of pimples. 

The new hair will make its first appearance 
white and very fine; then it will grow larger, and 
when it attains its natural size it will resume its 
natural color. Persons whose hair falls out in 
this way ought to rub and brush their head every 
day, and use some good hair tonic, like No. 5, 
at least three or four times a week, which will 
remedy the evil and prevent the hair from falling 
out in that way. 

After the turpentine and croton oil mixture 
has been used for some time, and it should cease 
to make the scalp sore or pimply, use it oftener 
or add a dram or two more of the croton oil to 
it. When the place is all covered with natural- 
colored hair omit using this mixture altogether. 



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